Just picked up a calf at the local sale. From a distance in the stand it appeared to be a bull calf but upon close inspection during loading it turned out to be a heifer with a 'hole' in the underside of the belly and intestine poking thru. She's eating well, and you can gently 'poke' the intestine back up. She's in the 5-6 month age range - Holstein heifer. I've dealt with this before in my dachshunds, but not in a calf. The old timers there at the sale didn't seem to be concerned. Any advice??
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If the intestines are poking through it you should take care of it. A strangulated intestine is not a pretty deal. There are a couple of ways to fix it but the best is to talk to rither your vet or an experienced older daiyrman.
dun
dun
holly heifer
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This needs to be fixed- will eventually strangulate and cause pertionitis and death. Should not be too costly 
