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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 8776"><p>Thanks for the reply Vet Vickie. The heart was enlarged and about half of it was nearly black from hemorage. The cow was still warm when posted so could not have been dead very long.The lung was clear on the top part but the bottom part of the lobe had and opaque look to it. The cornfield had been freshly harvested so the corn should not have been moldy. The cow was running with 70 other head of cattle in the same cornfield and not a one of the rest of them became ill....including calves. I did notice that all of the cattle were panting very hard even the calves and they were "drooling" at the mouth when they arrived at their destination. They may have been driven much further if they tried to elude the drivers. Their final destination was 1/2 mile from where they started but since I was not present I don't know if they took a direct route but I suspect not since I have had cattle on the same place over 20 years and I have never seen them panting hard like that on an easy drive home. They were driven hard ! The vet who did the PM did ask about mineral. The animals have had salt an mineral free choice all the time. No others have display selenium deficiency. No mention was made that she had lungoworms and I did not see any sign of it either as I watched the PM. I hope I have answered all your questions and will be happy to give you the best information I have. Thank you for helping.<p><p><p><p>: Ok, now every PM on every animal which dies shows heart hemorrhages. It's called agonal death (vs slaughtered animal's hearts...)Now the clots in the lungs could be related to a problem, again it could be normal. How soon after death was the <p><p><p><br>cow posted? How large was the heart? Normal or enlarged? What did the heart tissue look like grossly? Consistency of the lung? I know I'm not answering your question, but without this, the signifigance of the findings are unknown. Corn in the stomach? If moldy, could be signifigant. Trailing 1/2 mile should never kill a normal animal, but if she had cardiomyopathy, that could kill her. The clots could just be due to time since death, or be the cause of death. Were there any parasites present in the lungs? Lungworm can certainly kill a mature cow if the numbers are high enough (and will affect the rest of your herd). Selenium deficiency would be something else to consider. If you have any further questions, ask your vet or I'll try to help!<br>: V<br>: : A Postmortem of a cow showed it had major heart hemorages and there were clots in the lung...the only other notable thing in the autopsy was a good amount of corn in the stomach. The cow had been running on cornstalks with her herdmates. The cow had been driven hard out about 1/2 mile 2 to 6 hours prior to her death. Could the 1/2 mile hard drive been the cause of the heart hemorages and thus the death of the cow? Thank you for your opinions !<p></p><p><br></p><p><br><hr size=4 width=75%><p></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 8776"] Thanks for the reply Vet Vickie. The heart was enlarged and about half of it was nearly black from hemorage. The cow was still warm when posted so could not have been dead very long.The lung was clear on the top part but the bottom part of the lobe had and opaque look to it. The cornfield had been freshly harvested so the corn should not have been moldy. The cow was running with 70 other head of cattle in the same cornfield and not a one of the rest of them became ill....including calves. I did notice that all of the cattle were panting very hard even the calves and they were "drooling" at the mouth when they arrived at their destination. They may have been driven much further if they tried to elude the drivers. Their final destination was 1/2 mile from where they started but since I was not present I don't know if they took a direct route but I suspect not since I have had cattle on the same place over 20 years and I have never seen them panting hard like that on an easy drive home. They were driven hard ! The vet who did the PM did ask about mineral. The animals have had salt an mineral free choice all the time. No others have display selenium deficiency. No mention was made that she had lungoworms and I did not see any sign of it either as I watched the PM. I hope I have answered all your questions and will be happy to give you the best information I have. Thank you for helping.<p><p><p><p>: Ok, now every PM on every animal which dies shows heart hemorrhages. It's called agonal death (vs slaughtered animal's hearts...)Now the clots in the lungs could be related to a problem, again it could be normal. How soon after death was the <p><p><p><br>cow posted? How large was the heart? Normal or enlarged? What did the heart tissue look like grossly? Consistency of the lung? I know I'm not answering your question, but without this, the signifigance of the findings are unknown. Corn in the stomach? If moldy, could be signifigant. Trailing 1/2 mile should never kill a normal animal, but if she had cardiomyopathy, that could kill her. The clots could just be due to time since death, or be the cause of death. Were there any parasites present in the lungs? Lungworm can certainly kill a mature cow if the numbers are high enough (and will affect the rest of your herd). Selenium deficiency would be something else to consider. If you have any further questions, ask your vet or I'll try to help!<br>: V<br>: : A Postmortem of a cow showed it had major heart hemorages and there were clots in the lung...the only other notable thing in the autopsy was a good amount of corn in the stomach. The cow had been running on cornstalks with her herdmates. The cow had been driven hard out about 1/2 mile 2 to 6 hours prior to her death. Could the 1/2 mile hard drive been the cause of the heart hemorages and thus the death of the cow? Thank you for your opinions !<p> <br> <br><hr size=4 width=75%><p> [/QUOTE]
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