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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 962478" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>I'd leave it alone. If you vaccinated her there? it's likely a vaccine-induced swelling and will disappear with time (usually). If a hematoma, it's sterile at the moment, no need for antibiotics -edit- unless it shows signs of being infected (increases in size, doesn't regress, starts to drain in its own, etc) or you make the mistake of trying to open it. Don't lance it etc, it will go down (last football sized hematoma I saw took about 4-5 weeks) but just needs time. The only difference between a hematoma and an abscess is a needle....</p><p></p><p>There may be some transient nerve damage to the shoulder or simple bruising of muscle, unless she goes off feed I'd just keep an eye on it and expect she'll walk better in a week or so and the lump will regress in a month or two.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 962478, member: 852"] I'd leave it alone. If you vaccinated her there? it's likely a vaccine-induced swelling and will disappear with time (usually). If a hematoma, it's sterile at the moment, no need for antibiotics -edit- unless it shows signs of being infected (increases in size, doesn't regress, starts to drain in its own, etc) or you make the mistake of trying to open it. Don't lance it etc, it will go down (last football sized hematoma I saw took about 4-5 weeks) but just needs time. The only difference between a hematoma and an abscess is a needle.... There may be some transient nerve damage to the shoulder or simple bruising of muscle, unless she goes off feed I'd just keep an eye on it and expect she'll walk better in a week or so and the lump will regress in a month or two. [/QUOTE]
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