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<blockquote data-quote="Lannie" data-source="post: 528331" data-attributes="member: 8202"><p>Thanks for the additional information, Milkmaid. I apparently got incorrect information from the Cattletoday website. This is what it said there:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">Actinomycosis or lumpy jaw produces immovable hard swellings on the upper and lower jawbones of cattle, commonly at the central molar level. It is caused by an anaerobic micro-organism, Actinomyces bovis. The fungus invades tissue through breaks in the lining of the mouth caused by eating rough forage. The tumor-like swellings develop slowly and may take several months to reach a noticeable size.</span></p><p></p><p>I thought maybe they knew the difference between a bacterium and a fungus. Bad me. When I Googled further, I do see it's a bacterium. Seems it's a normal inhabitant of the mouth, and only gets out of hand when there's an abrasion or puncture inside the mouth, as with a rough piece of hay, a hard seed, or possibly a plum thorn. ;-) </p><p></p><p>The lump doesn't feel hot to me, just hard. Maybe it's a little warmer, but I hadn't really noticed that it felt hot at all. Next time I go out I'll check more closely and see if there's a temperature difference. I don't have a thermometer, so I can't tell if she's running a fever, but she's acting OK, and her ears feel normal (that's my version of mom feeling her kid's forehead).</p><p></p><p>Since today the lump is smaller, I'm going to let it be. Obviously if it gets really big, I'll haul her in to the vet, but even at its biggest yesterday, it wasn't nearly as big as the one in the picture on the "problems" thread. My neighbor that freaked me out about this yesterday called this morning to see if anything had changed, and I told him it was smaller, so THEN he told me that in several of his cows that had this over the winter, they went away on their own with no intervention from him. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that whatever was irritating her has worked its way back out (on the inside?) and it will start healing now. :nod: </p><p></p><p>~Lannie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lannie, post: 528331, member: 8202"] Thanks for the additional information, Milkmaid. I apparently got incorrect information from the Cattletoday website. This is what it said there: [color=#0000FF]Actinomycosis or lumpy jaw produces immovable hard swellings on the upper and lower jawbones of cattle, commonly at the central molar level. It is caused by an anaerobic micro-organism, Actinomyces bovis. The fungus invades tissue through breaks in the lining of the mouth caused by eating rough forage. The tumor-like swellings develop slowly and may take several months to reach a noticeable size.[/color] I thought maybe they knew the difference between a bacterium and a fungus. Bad me. When I Googled further, I do see it's a bacterium. Seems it's a normal inhabitant of the mouth, and only gets out of hand when there's an abrasion or puncture inside the mouth, as with a rough piece of hay, a hard seed, or possibly a plum thorn. ;-) The lump doesn't feel hot to me, just hard. Maybe it's a little warmer, but I hadn't really noticed that it felt hot at all. Next time I go out I'll check more closely and see if there's a temperature difference. I don't have a thermometer, so I can't tell if she's running a fever, but she's acting OK, and her ears feel normal (that's my version of mom feeling her kid's forehead). Since today the lump is smaller, I'm going to let it be. Obviously if it gets really big, I'll haul her in to the vet, but even at its biggest yesterday, it wasn't nearly as big as the one in the picture on the "problems" thread. My neighbor that freaked me out about this yesterday called this morning to see if anything had changed, and I told him it was smaller, so THEN he told me that in several of his cows that had this over the winter, they went away on their own with no intervention from him. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that whatever was irritating her has worked its way back out (on the inside?) and it will start healing now. :nod: ~Lannie [/QUOTE]
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