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<blockquote data-quote="Ozhorse" data-source="post: 1151027" data-attributes="member: 18575"><p>I got that cow's front foot trimmed that I posted about earlier. I put her in the shute, gave her 4 ml of Ace sedative, tied her back leg so I wouldnt get kicked, front leg strapped the leg and tied it with rope as well. I just used my horse gear to trim. The cows foot was both harder, and rubberier than the horses.</p><p></p><p>The cow is shoulder lame and walks with the leg out to the side. She had a long scar down the hoof (outside claw), under the scar down inside the hoof wall is a long cavity filled with black muck. The hoof wall was thickened with a big ridge inside it so there has been substantial pathology. She has had an injury, or an abscess near the corinary band. If a cow gets an abscess that goes up between the claws, can it bet into her pastern and fetlock joint? Perhaps I was imagining it but I think the fetlock is a little thickened. </p><p></p><p>She went through a bad bushfire the January before last, which is 18 months ago now. I would have thought that if it was injury from the fire, which often brings on hoof abscess after, that it would have already grown out?</p><p></p><p>I just chopped off as much toe as I could and tried to level the heels.</p><p></p><p>I have had her back in the yard 24 hours later and she seems just as lame as before despite that she can now stand evenly on her feet.</p><p></p><p>How long does it take a cows hoof to grow from the corinary band to the ground?</p><p></p><p>If a sheep gets a foot abscess it gets into the joints above and causes arthritis and the animal often goes permanently lame. Do untreated foot abscess in cattle do the same thing? Usually a foot abscess will burst above the hoof, but her hoof has been split vertically, as if she has had injury to the corinary band.</p><p></p><p>I was planning to give her a month to improve in her lameness and if she does not then take her to the meatworks in August. Does this sound like a good plan?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ozhorse, post: 1151027, member: 18575"] I got that cow's front foot trimmed that I posted about earlier. I put her in the shute, gave her 4 ml of Ace sedative, tied her back leg so I wouldnt get kicked, front leg strapped the leg and tied it with rope as well. I just used my horse gear to trim. The cows foot was both harder, and rubberier than the horses. The cow is shoulder lame and walks with the leg out to the side. She had a long scar down the hoof (outside claw), under the scar down inside the hoof wall is a long cavity filled with black muck. The hoof wall was thickened with a big ridge inside it so there has been substantial pathology. She has had an injury, or an abscess near the corinary band. If a cow gets an abscess that goes up between the claws, can it bet into her pastern and fetlock joint? Perhaps I was imagining it but I think the fetlock is a little thickened. She went through a bad bushfire the January before last, which is 18 months ago now. I would have thought that if it was injury from the fire, which often brings on hoof abscess after, that it would have already grown out? I just chopped off as much toe as I could and tried to level the heels. I have had her back in the yard 24 hours later and she seems just as lame as before despite that she can now stand evenly on her feet. How long does it take a cows hoof to grow from the corinary band to the ground? If a sheep gets a foot abscess it gets into the joints above and causes arthritis and the animal often goes permanently lame. Do untreated foot abscess in cattle do the same thing? Usually a foot abscess will burst above the hoof, but her hoof has been split vertically, as if she has had injury to the corinary band. I was planning to give her a month to improve in her lameness and if she does not then take her to the meatworks in August. Does this sound like a good plan? [/QUOTE]
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