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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 10262"><p>Generally these infections will encapsulate and not spred, but, if they do you are looking at BIG problems. Listen to your vet, if he/she/it feels the best course is surgery I would go with it. It can be a simple process of opening it up, fleaning it out and sewing it back up, or complicated and following the infection to it's source within the body.</p><p></p><p>dunmovin farms</p><p></p><p>> We bought a 5 week old calf 2</p><p>> weeks ago. the day after we bought</p><p>> her, she looked sick. I bought her</p><p>> to the vet and he said her</p><p>> umbilical cord area was infected.</p><p>> She was treated for 10 days with</p><p>> penicillan. We have been putting a</p><p>> benedictine solution (about 6cc</p><p>> bendictine to 100 cc water) into</p><p>> the umbilical opening via a</p><p>> syringe to clean it out. It is</p><p>> still weeping pus and she is still</p><p>> running a temp. She is eating,</p><p>> drinking, peeing, pooping,</p><p>> running, etc excellently. The vet</p><p>> put her on a differnt antibiotic</p><p>> that she gets evering 72 hours</p><p>> IM.If this infection doesn't clear</p><p>> up, he wants to do surgery as he</p><p>> is concerned it has gone into her</p><p>> belly. I want to avoid this and</p><p>> need advice on anything we can so</p><p>> that we aren't doing. I am</p><p>> squeezing the stump and even</p><p>> around it on her abdomen. every</p><p>> now and then a larger amount of</p><p>> pus comes out, but it mostly just</p><p>> weeps a little. Thanks for your</p><p>> help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 10262"] Generally these infections will encapsulate and not spred, but, if they do you are looking at BIG problems. Listen to your vet, if he/she/it feels the best course is surgery I would go with it. It can be a simple process of opening it up, fleaning it out and sewing it back up, or complicated and following the infection to it's source within the body. dunmovin farms > We bought a 5 week old calf 2 > weeks ago. the day after we bought > her, she looked sick. I bought her > to the vet and he said her > umbilical cord area was infected. > She was treated for 10 days with > penicillan. We have been putting a > benedictine solution (about 6cc > bendictine to 100 cc water) into > the umbilical opening via a > syringe to clean it out. It is > still weeping pus and she is still > running a temp. She is eating, > drinking, peeing, pooping, > running, etc excellently. The vet > put her on a differnt antibiotic > that she gets evering 72 hours > IM.If this infection doesn't clear > up, he wants to do surgery as he > is concerned it has gone into her > belly. I want to avoid this and > need advice on anything we can so > that we aren't doing. I am > squeezing the stump and even > around it on her abdomen. every > now and then a larger amount of > pus comes out, but it mostly just > weeps a little. Thanks for your > help. [/QUOTE]
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