CCCowman
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Anyone ever dealt with Lumpy Jaw? Is there a treatment?
CCCowman said:Anyone ever dealt with Lumpy Jaw? Is there a treatment?
Caustic Burno said:CCCowman said:Anyone ever dealt with Lumpy Jaw? Is there a treatment?
Liver flukes will cause the appearance of lumpy jaw. If she hasn't s been treated for the flukes and is showing sign in the jaw, she's loaded.
callmefence said:Lump jaw and bottle jaw are two different things.lump jaw has nothing to do with flukes.
We see lots of lump jaw in pasture with lots of prickly pear and mesquite. Soft tissue lump jaw is caused by bacteria getting in through a cut or scratch in the mouth. We used to Lance and flush, but sometimes it comes back or spreads.
Imo the best treatment is don't do a dam thing.
Let come to a head and drain on its own.
Bony lump jaw is much less common and I doubt it's your problem. If it is cull immediately.
To tell the difference simply grab the knot with your hand and see if it's attached to bone or moves around freely.
Used to have a deer running around here named lump jaw. Farm Fence shot her while hunting my favorite stand....
CCCowman said:callmefence said:Lump jaw and bottle jaw are two different things.lump jaw has nothing to do with flukes.
We see lots of lump jaw in pasture with lots of prickly pear and mesquite. Soft tissue lump jaw is caused by bacteria getting in through a cut or scratch in the mouth. We used to Lance and flush, but sometimes it comes back or spreads.
Imo the best treatment is don't do a dam thing.
Let come to a head and drain on its own.
Bony lump jaw is much less common and I doubt it's your problem. If it is cull immediately.
To tell the difference simply grab the knot with your hand and see if it's attached to bone or moves around freely.
Used to have a deer running around here named lump jaw. Farm Fence shot her while hunting my favorite stand....
Heres a picture
callmefence said:CCCowman said:callmefence said:Lump jaw and bottle jaw are two different things.lump jaw has nothing to do with flukes.
We see lots of lump jaw in pasture with lots of prickly pear and mesquite. Soft tissue lump jaw is caused by bacteria getting in through a cut or scratch in the mouth. We used to Lance and flush, but sometimes it comes back or spreads.
Imo the best treatment is don't do a dam thing.
Let come to a head and drain on its own.
Bony lump jaw is much less common and I doubt it's your problem. If it is cull immediately.
To tell the difference simply grab the knot with your hand and see if it's attached to bone or moves around freely.
Used to have a deer running around here named lump jaw. Farm Fence shot her while hunting my favorite stand....
Heres a picture
Yeah that looks pretty bad.. and probably attached to the bone. Probably causing a good deal of pain. Give it good look, but I think probably should be prepared to the right thing and take him where all bulls eventually go.
Bony lumpy jaw often has abscesses in it that you can drain, too, but draining them doesn't help or make the lump go away. Based on the picture, it doesn't look like there is much hope for him.darcelina4 said:Last fall my Jersey heifer got a lump on her jaw. It was hard and grew bigger. Not bothering her to eat. Then I could feel a soft spot. I took a brand new carpet knife and sliced into the lump. Puss shot out 2 feet. Smelled bad enough I almost vomited. I flushed it out with diluted chlorhexidine. It healed right up and is gone. I think she just got a sticker or piece of hay stuck in there and it abcessed. The lump jaw involving the bone usually wont drain. The bone starts disintegrating. it is unlikely he will recover if he has that. The fact his drains makes me think he doesn't have that. I would drain it. Flush it, give banamine to reduce inflammation, give excenel to kill infection. If you have a chute, you can do it yourself way cheaper than the vet charges.
This is what drained out.....darcelina4 said:Last fall my Jersey heifer got a lump on her jaw. It was hard and grew bigger. Not bothering her to eat. Then I could feel a soft spot. I took a brand new carpet knife and sliced into the lump. Puss shot out 2 feet. Smelled bad enough I almost vomited. I flushed it out with diluted chlorhexidine. It healed right up and is gone. I think she just got a sticker or piece of hay stuck in there and it abcessed. The lump jaw involving the bone usually wont drain. The bone starts disintegrating. it is unlikely he will recover if he has that. The fact his drains makes me think he doesn't have that. I would drain it. Flush it, give banamine to reduce inflammation, give excenel to kill infection. If you have a chute, you can do it yourself way cheaper than the vet charges.