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lost two calves, what is going on?
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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 1112570" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Cut her open then. Lay the ribs back, then get a picture of lungs inside the animal. Pictures of lung, liver, kidneys, heart, both intact and cut open. Try not to take pics too closeup; I like to be able to tell size based off surrounding structures. Check to see if there's feed in the digestive tract (primarily rumen) and what it is. Look for lesions on the mouth and tongue. Open the trachea and esophagus if you can (takes a little bit of skill to slit them lengthwise) and look for lesions (not caused by your knife). Get plenty of pictures without pulling out organs and spreading them all over the grass/dirt. Google parts of a cow if you're not sure you'll recognize the organs.</p><p></p><p>It'd take me about 5 minutes - your first try on a 150lb calf plan on 45 minutes or so. Depends if you have a helper to take pictures.</p><p></p><p>I'll be back online tomorrow; if you have pics I'll comment on them. If I don't have an answer surely Lucky will when he comes online.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 1112570, member: 852"] Cut her open then. Lay the ribs back, then get a picture of lungs inside the animal. Pictures of lung, liver, kidneys, heart, both intact and cut open. Try not to take pics too closeup; I like to be able to tell size based off surrounding structures. Check to see if there's feed in the digestive tract (primarily rumen) and what it is. Look for lesions on the mouth and tongue. Open the trachea and esophagus if you can (takes a little bit of skill to slit them lengthwise) and look for lesions (not caused by your knife). Get plenty of pictures without pulling out organs and spreading them all over the grass/dirt. Google parts of a cow if you're not sure you'll recognize the organs. It'd take me about 5 minutes - your first try on a 150lb calf plan on 45 minutes or so. Depends if you have a helper to take pictures. I'll be back online tomorrow; if you have pics I'll comment on them. If I don't have an answer surely Lucky will when he comes online. [/QUOTE]
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