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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 12160"><p>> Question from neighbor!</p><p></p><p>> Had a red angus calf born</p><p>> yesterday. Its hind legs are</p><p>> stiff…they won't bend at all. It</p><p>> cannot stand up. It hobbles around</p><p>> on its front legs and is nursing.</p><p>> Tried to bend its hind legs and</p><p>> couldn't. He said it also had a</p><p>> small hind end. Only weighs about</p><p>> 40 to 45 pounds. The mother is a</p><p>> heifer.</p><p></p><p>> Any body know what to do.</p><p></p><p>> dun</p><p></p><p>Saw this alot when I was in school doing research. We had some Beefmaster cattle that had the same problem. My profs. told me it was a birth defect that could be caused by one or more things. Poor nutrients during gestation or in the case of the Beefmasters because of inbreeding. We tried to raise them on a bottle but they ended up no dying.</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:ashleykpower@hotmail.com">ashleykpower@hotmail.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 12160"] > Question from neighbor! > Had a red angus calf born > yesterday. Its hind legs are > stiff…they won’t bend at all. It > cannot stand up. It hobbles around > on its front legs and is nursing. > Tried to bend its hind legs and > couldn’t. He said it also had a > small hind end. Only weighs about > 40 to 45 pounds. The mother is a > heifer. > Any body know what to do. > dun Saw this alot when I was in school doing research. We had some Beefmaster cattle that had the same problem. My profs. told me it was a birth defect that could be caused by one or more things. Poor nutrients during gestation or in the case of the Beefmasters because of inbreeding. We tried to raise them on a bottle but they ended up no dying. [email=ashleykpower@hotmail.com]ashleykpower@hotmail.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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