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How to inspect the underside of a cow's hoof?
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<blockquote data-quote="GaryDG" data-source="post: 438550" data-attributes="member: 1615"><p>What approach should be taken to inspect the underside of a cow's hoof without injury to the cow or the inspector?</p><p></p><p>This is my second post on the same problem ("limping cow")</p><p></p><p>We have a squeeze chute and I suppose it's possible that we could tie a rope around the leg and tie it off so we could inspect it in detail but that would likely hurt the animal since we would be tieing it around the area that hurts to begin with. Lifting it up manually is not an option for me.</p><p></p><p>Our inspection of the hoof indicated that the area above the hoof was slightly swollen. I thouroughly squirted the leg and hoof off with water, placed a 5" high container filled with water and iodine into the chute and allowed the cow to soak her hoof/foot in the container. I then administered the recommended amount of LA-200 and returned her to the holding area.</p><p></p><p>Assuming that it is only hoof rot and the medical administration above yields a healthy cow in a few days the further inspection would be unnecessary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GaryDG, post: 438550, member: 1615"] What approach should be taken to inspect the underside of a cow's hoof without injury to the cow or the inspector? This is my second post on the same problem ("limping cow") We have a squeeze chute and I suppose it's possible that we could tie a rope around the leg and tie it off so we could inspect it in detail but that would likely hurt the animal since we would be tieing it around the area that hurts to begin with. Lifting it up manually is not an option for me. Our inspection of the hoof indicated that the area above the hoof was slightly swollen. I thouroughly squirted the leg and hoof off with water, placed a 5" high container filled with water and iodine into the chute and allowed the cow to soak her hoof/foot in the container. I then administered the recommended amount of LA-200 and returned her to the holding area. Assuming that it is only hoof rot and the medical administration above yields a healthy cow in a few days the further inspection would be unnecessary. [/QUOTE]
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