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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 148256" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>No offense, but if you don't have a chute your vet is going to have a fun time working on her! :shock: :lol:</p><p></p><p>Just because there isn't any swelling doesn't mean she has to have a sprain... I treated a cow the other day for what I'm 99% sure was a hoof abcess in the right front. She was SO lame I actually walked up to her, lifted the hoof (while she stood relatively quietly) and checked for footrot, warts, or abcess - no sign of any problems. Talked to my vet; he said you can't always feel a soft spot indicating an abcess if it's deep inside the hoof, so I loaded her up with antibiotic and she's sound now. I've always been told the longer you wait to treat those kind of problems the longer they take to heal.</p><p></p><p>There's a fair number of problems a cow can have that you might not be able to see from a distance on a wild cow.</p><p></p><p>If you really can't get close enough to work her and/or look over that leg, I'd try dun's suggestion with the asprin and cross your fingers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 148256, member: 852"] No offense, but if you don't have a chute your vet is going to have a fun time working on her! :shock: :lol: Just because there isn't any swelling doesn't mean she has to have a sprain... I treated a cow the other day for what I'm 99% sure was a hoof abcess in the right front. She was SO lame I actually walked up to her, lifted the hoof (while she stood relatively quietly) and checked for footrot, warts, or abcess - no sign of any problems. Talked to my vet; he said you can't always feel a soft spot indicating an abcess if it's deep inside the hoof, so I loaded her up with antibiotic and she's sound now. I've always been told the longer you wait to treat those kind of problems the longer they take to heal. There's a fair number of problems a cow can have that you might not be able to see from a distance on a wild cow. If you really can't get close enough to work her and/or look over that leg, I'd try dun's suggestion with the asprin and cross your fingers. [/QUOTE]
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