bubchub
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Can anyone tell me how to pregnancy check a cow? I like to know so I won't have to haul a couple of my cows to the vet.
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Bubchub
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dun":3hgqojbe said:All you need to do is feel of the uterus and determine if a calf is in there or not.
dun
bubchub":94cpub7j said:Can anyone tell me how to pregnancy check a cow? I like to know so I won't have to haul a couple of my cows to the vet.
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Bubchub
bobby22":ti5usrtf said:I have heard that this can cause cow to miscarry. Any truth to this.
bubchub":2107ku00 said:Can anyone tell me how to pregnancy check a cow? I like to know so I won't have to haul a couple of my cows to the vet.
Thanks
Bubchub
bobby22":17oq2yvn said:I have heard that this can cause cow to miscarry. Any truth to this.
bobby22 wrote:
I have heard that this can cause cow to miscarry. Any truth to this.
Approximately 2% of cows abort after palpation.
Ann B
txshowmom":26ylrf1r said:bobby22 wrote:
I have heard that this can cause cow to miscarry. Any truth to this.
Approximately 2% of cows abort after palpation.
Ann B
I am not questioning you, so please don't take this the wrong way.....but........... How do the know for sure that its because they were palpated and not because of natural occurance?
txshowmom":sudc7ig0 said:bobby22 wrote:
I have heard that this can cause cow to miscarry. Any truth to this.
Approximately 2% of cows abort after palpation.
Ann B
I am not questioning you, so please don't take this the wrong way.....but........... How do the know for sure that its because they were palpated and not because of natural occurance?
jt":1i1n5u4x said:txshowmom":1i1n5u4x said:bobby22 wrote:
I have heard that this can cause cow to miscarry. Any truth to this.
Approximately 2% of cows abort after palpation.
Ann B
I am not questioning you, so please don't take this the wrong way.....but........... How do the know for sure that its because they were palpated and not because of natural occurance?
ann,
to get the 2%, what %age of your cows palpated are over 60 days bred?
i could be wrong, but it seems to me that the earlier the pregnancy the easier it would be to cause it to abort by handling the fetus.
it would seem to me that for you to get 2%, you would have to be palpating your cows very early in their pregnancy.
not in any way disputing you, i just find this interesting. i have never heard anyone put a %age on this. i would have thought the %age would have been much less. i palpate for a few around me and i am just trying to learn more here.. i definitely do not want to cause any of their cows (or mine) to abort.
jt