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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 429249" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Some breeds, like Braham-influenced cows, naturally have a lot of "hide", and they just have a lot of skin around the throat, chest, and navel/sheath area. Beefy, I'm sure you've got a good pic of your beefmasters that'd show that. </p><p></p><p>I found the Merck Vet Manual explained hernias better than I could... "Hernias involving the abdomen are seen when abdominal contents protrude through a natural or abnormal opening in the body wall. They may be congenital or acquired. In acquired hernias, there is usually a history of trauma. Congenital hernias may involve the diaphragm or the abdominal wall. Hernias involving the abdominal wall include umbilical, inguinal, or scrotal." If you push on the lump at the navel area and can get the area to go back up into the abdominal cavity, you have a hernia. You can also feel the ring of the hole where the intestines came through; on calves, it's usually around the size of a half-dollar, larger animals I've found to be more fist-sized.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 429249, member: 852"] Some breeds, like Braham-influenced cows, naturally have a lot of "hide", and they just have a lot of skin around the throat, chest, and navel/sheath area. Beefy, I'm sure you've got a good pic of your beefmasters that'd show that. I found the Merck Vet Manual explained hernias better than I could... "Hernias involving the abdomen are seen when abdominal contents protrude through a natural or abnormal opening in the body wall. They may be congenital or acquired. In acquired hernias, there is usually a history of trauma. Congenital hernias may involve the diaphragm or the abdominal wall. Hernias involving the abdominal wall include umbilical, inguinal, or scrotal." If you push on the lump at the navel area and can get the area to go back up into the abdominal cavity, you have a hernia. You can also feel the ring of the hole where the intestines came through; on calves, it's usually around the size of a half-dollar, larger animals I've found to be more fist-sized. [/QUOTE]
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