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Old Cow...can I keep her alive long enough to calve?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wisteria Farms" data-source="post: 1118887" data-attributes="member: 6734"><p>Thanks everyone...there were a lot of tears yesterday (part of why I think so much of my vet...) she was so very compassionate...even laid Granny's head over her shoulder like she was sleeping. Then she called me later in the afternoon with info on what we need to do to test the heifer for freemartin... it'll actually get sent to UC Davis. Due to her size (40lbs) we're going to wait and let her get a little bigger before drawing 10cc tail blood!! They say its better, the younger they are, but just not at her size. She said we could hold her down and get it from the jugular but I don't want to traumatize her at all and risk her getting sick.</p><p></p><p>I was thinking about the fact that we were GOING to ship Granny after weaning last year's calf but I wanted a heifer so bad and decided to wait...(combined with the fact that we knew we'd find it hard to send into the unknown). The money end of that would have meant getting slaughter price for her... With losing her, obviously there's no salvage value but she gave us two calves... which is such a gift.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wisteria Farms, post: 1118887, member: 6734"] Thanks everyone...there were a lot of tears yesterday (part of why I think so much of my vet...) she was so very compassionate...even laid Granny's head over her shoulder like she was sleeping. Then she called me later in the afternoon with info on what we need to do to test the heifer for freemartin... it'll actually get sent to UC Davis. Due to her size (40lbs) we're going to wait and let her get a little bigger before drawing 10cc tail blood!! They say its better, the younger they are, but just not at her size. She said we could hold her down and get it from the jugular but I don't want to traumatize her at all and risk her getting sick. I was thinking about the fact that we were GOING to ship Granny after weaning last year's calf but I wanted a heifer so bad and decided to wait...(combined with the fact that we knew we'd find it hard to send into the unknown). The money end of that would have meant getting slaughter price for her... With losing her, obviously there's no salvage value but she gave us two calves... which is such a gift. [/QUOTE]
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