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<blockquote data-quote="wbvs58" data-source="post: 1426223" data-attributes="member: 16453"><p>That is 100% correct Jeanne, drainage of a wound is necessary for healing and often if done well the antibiotic won't be needed.</p><p></p><p>I love reading the James Herriot books and reading about him treating animals in the days before antibiotics. Having things physically right so healing could begin was so important. I remember how he used to drain abscesses from horses hooves and then put some iodine crystals into it and then pour on something else and it would go poof and smoke would rise and the farmer real impressed, more showmanship than helping in reality but certainly impressed. With todays modern antibiotics we do get a bit lazy and try to take shortcuts.</p><p></p><p>You do get some situations with deep penetrating wounds that penetrate to the coffin joint that can't be drain and don't respond to treatment and it is suspected that these involve the joint but the suspicion is usually after long treatment and attempts to drain. With cows amputating a claw is a valid and simple salvage procedure to get a cow through a lactation and or rear a calf before selling it, they do very well.</p><p></p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wbvs58, post: 1426223, member: 16453"] That is 100% correct Jeanne, drainage of a wound is necessary for healing and often if done well the antibiotic won't be needed. I love reading the James Herriot books and reading about him treating animals in the days before antibiotics. Having things physically right so healing could begin was so important. I remember how he used to drain abscesses from horses hooves and then put some iodine crystals into it and then pour on something else and it would go poof and smoke would rise and the farmer real impressed, more showmanship than helping in reality but certainly impressed. With todays modern antibiotics we do get a bit lazy and try to take shortcuts. You do get some situations with deep penetrating wounds that penetrate to the coffin joint that can't be drain and don't respond to treatment and it is suspected that these involve the joint but the suspicion is usually after long treatment and attempts to drain. With cows amputating a claw is a valid and simple salvage procedure to get a cow through a lactation and or rear a calf before selling it, they do very well. Ken [/QUOTE]
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