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Heifer aborted....now what?
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<blockquote data-quote="raykour" data-source="post: 885372" data-attributes="member: 16801"><p>One of my heifers who would have been a first calver aborted her calf yesterday. She would have been about 4 months along. A week or 10 days ago when it was VERY cold, the cattle stripped the bottom branches of some very dense ponderosa pine trees (despite the fact they were getting adequate forage) and after some research I read that these trees are toxic to a pregnant cow, but cause abortion in the last trimester and this heifer had just barely entered her 2nd. We moved to this property from the plains and this will be our first calving season here. I can't imagine that ponderosa pines can cause that many problems. Plenty of people in the rocky mountains have pastures full of them! But that aside, assuming this is an isolated incident and none of my other cows have a problem, what should I do with this heifer? She was bred a little early because she was a late calf, but I didn't want to hold her another year. She is about 16 months old. Should I try her again? I am not sure what to do. I don't need to sell her, as her weight now is perfect to begin feeding for butcher so I may do that. She is a nice heifer though and I just wonder if it is worth giving her another chance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="raykour, post: 885372, member: 16801"] One of my heifers who would have been a first calver aborted her calf yesterday. She would have been about 4 months along. A week or 10 days ago when it was VERY cold, the cattle stripped the bottom branches of some very dense ponderosa pine trees (despite the fact they were getting adequate forage) and after some research I read that these trees are toxic to a pregnant cow, but cause abortion in the last trimester and this heifer had just barely entered her 2nd. We moved to this property from the plains and this will be our first calving season here. I can't imagine that ponderosa pines can cause that many problems. Plenty of people in the rocky mountains have pastures full of them! But that aside, assuming this is an isolated incident and none of my other cows have a problem, what should I do with this heifer? She was bred a little early because she was a late calf, but I didn't want to hold her another year. She is about 16 months old. Should I try her again? I am not sure what to do. I don't need to sell her, as her weight now is perfect to begin feeding for butcher so I may do that. She is a nice heifer though and I just wonder if it is worth giving her another chance. [/QUOTE]
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