Lame yearling heifer, your thoughts please?

[regolith]

Hmm... so there are advantages to kikuyu?
The pohutukawa have been flowering all out of time, some early, some late.
Weather forecast is solid rain. Would it be too much to hope for a repeat of 2012?

Getting nil or inconclusive results from examination and sick cow screen (I'm presuming that's what the blood test was) is annoyingly normal.
The only thing I can think to double-check is what the blood test showed on liver function - either a toxin challenge or earlier infection *may* cause some damage. Her described symptoms don't match anything I've seen.

 

[Putangitangi]

Kikuyu is a fantastic pasture grass up here. The lack of fungus is only one advantage! 100kg+DM/day growth is another - when it's good. Mind you, ours usually grows a bit through the winter as well, just not very much.