ranchmgr
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I don't know guys, she said she saw them up eating 45 mins. earlier, odd scenario for it to be milk fever but odd to be caught and injured if she is that gentle too. Another lesson to be learned here I am sure.
We have a 7 year old heifer that just had a calf on Monday, she and the calf both did fine. Earlier today she was the first cow to the feed trough calf intow, later this evening she is down and cannot stand at all I have tried everything I know to do.
we cut the fence and and pulled her thru to the other side and she never stood back up. She tries to get up and falls back down, she doesn't seem to have any broken bones. And we had just fed the cows about 45 minutes earlier
Earlier today she was the first cow to the feed trough calf intow, later this evening she is down
milkmaid":3dj1sotm said:I don't think the cow necessarily ate yesterday evening. Re-read the posts.
We have a 7 year old heifer that just had a calf on Monday, she and the calf both did fine. Earlier today she was the first cow to the feed trough calf intow, later this evening she is down and cannot stand at all I have tried everything I know to do.
we cut the fence and and pulled her thru to the other side and she never stood back up. She tries to get up and falls back down, she doesn't seem to have any broken bones. And we had just fed the cows about 45 minutes earlier
Fed the cows, yes, but did that particular cow eat? The way I read it is only that the cow was not caught in the fence 45 minutes prior.
I've seen dairy cows come in the barn for the morning milking, be milked, and be down with milk fever within 10 hours. Looked fine before, but after being milked and having so much milk - calcium - depleted, they go down fast. The cow Patti asked about had calved 3 days prior, and that's about the time calves really get going and nursing well. I'd guess that's what did it.
'Course, that's just an internet opinion, not having seen the cow, but I'm still guessing it's milk fever. Patti, has the vet been out to see the cow? what's he say? update us please ;-)