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<blockquote data-quote="bward" data-source="post: 499791" data-attributes="member: 48"><p>Dollars to donuts the mother laid on him and ruptured something before he escaped the pen. I hate that death bawl. Once you hear it you never forget. I once had a calf like that only he was laying bawling and his mother was standing over him, looking at him with a big question mark on her face. I notice the calf looked slightly extra full so that he almost looked a bit bloated. I stuck a needle in his belly and withdrew a syringe of what looked like blood and waited for him to die which didn't take too long. After he expired, I cut him open and found the belly full of free blood and am guessing by my lack of true Doc knowledge that a major vein like a portal vein was ripped. One kidney was detached from its moorings so it was obviously a mothers loving hoof that did the accidental surgery. The stomach was full to the brim with coagulated milk. So sad.</p><p></p><p>Now the rest of the story.... I kept the cow thinking it was a freak accident. The following calving season I found her passing a lot of blood and in early labour. She was defintaly calving but there was some placental detachment going on. We got her in and had to wait on her as the calf was not through the opening cervix. Finally when a hoof was beginning to emerge and the head was through the cervix we decided to go for broke and pull it. As we did the whole placenta fell out right after the calf and the calf was not breathing. It was however still alive and we worked on him for quite a long time and we did get him to do a few weak breaths on his own but when he did a white foam came out of his mouth. On a vigor scale of 1 to 10 he was a 1 and quickly became a zero. </p><p></p><p>Now for the cruncher... We left the dead baby in with the cow and went to clean up and have a coffee break. When we went back out to let the cow go I was shocked to see her lovingly laying ON TOP of the dead calf. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> She was oblivious to the fact that she was crushing the guts out of him. :???: She earned a trailer ride and I learned a lesson.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bward, post: 499791, member: 48"] Dollars to donuts the mother laid on him and ruptured something before he escaped the pen. I hate that death bawl. Once you hear it you never forget. I once had a calf like that only he was laying bawling and his mother was standing over him, looking at him with a big question mark on her face. I notice the calf looked slightly extra full so that he almost looked a bit bloated. I stuck a needle in his belly and withdrew a syringe of what looked like blood and waited for him to die which didn't take too long. After he expired, I cut him open and found the belly full of free blood and am guessing by my lack of true Doc knowledge that a major vein like a portal vein was ripped. One kidney was detached from its moorings so it was obviously a mothers loving hoof that did the accidental surgery. The stomach was full to the brim with coagulated milk. So sad. Now the rest of the story.... I kept the cow thinking it was a freak accident. The following calving season I found her passing a lot of blood and in early labour. She was defintaly calving but there was some placental detachment going on. We got her in and had to wait on her as the calf was not through the opening cervix. Finally when a hoof was beginning to emerge and the head was through the cervix we decided to go for broke and pull it. As we did the whole placenta fell out right after the calf and the calf was not breathing. It was however still alive and we worked on him for quite a long time and we did get him to do a few weak breaths on his own but when he did a white foam came out of his mouth. On a vigor scale of 1 to 10 he was a 1 and quickly became a zero. Now for the cruncher... We left the dead baby in with the cow and went to clean up and have a coffee break. When we went back out to let the cow go I was shocked to see her lovingly laying ON TOP of the dead calf. :o She was oblivious to the fact that she was crushing the guts out of him. :???: She earned a trailer ride and I learned a lesson. [/QUOTE]
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