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<blockquote data-quote="kworth1980" data-source="post: 1293541" data-attributes="member: 21740"><p>If she is 5 months - it can still be fixed if hernia, we had a purebred calf born with it last year - she was 6 months before we figured it out due to her having more hair we didn't notice till the Fall. The way you can tell is if you can push it inside her then its a hernia - if solid - it could have already closed or be infected. Our girl they first thought it was just an abscess - they lanced it it did better but we noticed it was still there so we pulled her in and sure enough with the infection gone we could push it right into her. </p><p></p><p>Bad news if its a hernia - yes it can cause an issue when she is bred. We were told by the vets that if could go larger and her intestines could come out even more with her in calf with the pressure so it was either fix or ship - we decided to try to fix. We took her to a vet that had experience fixing them - was a standard procedure but unfortunately she died on anesthetic. They did take her for an autopsy at the University as this was the first time they had ever lost one. They concluded that she actually died from bloat due to their being so much scar tissue when they flipped her it pressed on her stomach and pretty much she suffocated to death. What we learned is now to really check them when they are young. If we would have fixed her when she was younger we would have not lost her. Even though we did lose her we would probably do it again as she was a pretty special looking calf. We have three other half sisters in our herd and none of them ever had a hernia so I don't think hers was a hereditary situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kworth1980, post: 1293541, member: 21740"] If she is 5 months - it can still be fixed if hernia, we had a purebred calf born with it last year - she was 6 months before we figured it out due to her having more hair we didn't notice till the Fall. The way you can tell is if you can push it inside her then its a hernia - if solid - it could have already closed or be infected. Our girl they first thought it was just an abscess - they lanced it it did better but we noticed it was still there so we pulled her in and sure enough with the infection gone we could push it right into her. Bad news if its a hernia - yes it can cause an issue when she is bred. We were told by the vets that if could go larger and her intestines could come out even more with her in calf with the pressure so it was either fix or ship - we decided to try to fix. We took her to a vet that had experience fixing them - was a standard procedure but unfortunately she died on anesthetic. They did take her for an autopsy at the University as this was the first time they had ever lost one. They concluded that she actually died from bloat due to their being so much scar tissue when they flipped her it pressed on her stomach and pretty much she suffocated to death. What we learned is now to really check them when they are young. If we would have fixed her when she was younger we would have not lost her. Even though we did lose her we would probably do it again as she was a pretty special looking calf. We have three other half sisters in our herd and none of them ever had a hernia so I don't think hers was a hereditary situation. [/QUOTE]
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