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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 10712"><p>Other than sticking my arm up her butt(or getting the vet to do so!) is there any way to visually and/or manually determine if a cow is likely to have a problem delivery due to a breech positioned calf? Like for instance, if she is bagged up for what seems to be an excessive period of time, could that be an indication that something is "hung up" ?</p><p></p><p>I lost a big heifer a few years ago, that was very large in the belly and stayed very bagged up for what seemed like well over a month. I kept thinking that she would calve "any day now" but that lasted for weeks. But I never saw her standing or walking "funny", not hunched up or anything. Then I noticed her missing one day and assumed she finally went off to have her calf. Found her dead a few days later with a calf about a third of the way out of her, back legs first.</p><p></p><p>Now I'm worried that one of my cows may be in a similar situation. She looks bigger in the belly than she has for past pregnancies (looks like a hippo!) and although she has only begun to "bag" a little at this time, I'd like to know if I have a potential problem if, for example, she stays bagged up for what seems to be too long a period of time.</p><p></p><p>I've never palpated a cow, but I guess with a late stage preg. it should be pretty easy to tell if the positioning was right or wrong, and I don't suppose I could do any real damage to a late stage calf -- but I'm rather embarassed to admit that I'm too intimidated by the whole procedure to give it a try at this time. Is there a little less "invasive" method?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 10712"] Other than sticking my arm up her butt(or getting the vet to do so!) is there any way to visually and/or manually determine if a cow is likely to have a problem delivery due to a breech positioned calf? Like for instance, if she is bagged up for what seems to be an excessive period of time, could that be an indication that something is "hung up" ? I lost a big heifer a few years ago, that was very large in the belly and stayed very bagged up for what seemed like well over a month. I kept thinking that she would calve "any day now" but that lasted for weeks. But I never saw her standing or walking "funny", not hunched up or anything. Then I noticed her missing one day and assumed she finally went off to have her calf. Found her dead a few days later with a calf about a third of the way out of her, back legs first. Now I'm worried that one of my cows may be in a similar situation. She looks bigger in the belly than she has for past pregnancies (looks like a hippo!) and although she has only begun to "bag" a little at this time, I'd like to know if I have a potential problem if, for example, she stays bagged up for what seems to be too long a period of time. I've never palpated a cow, but I guess with a late stage preg. it should be pretty easy to tell if the positioning was right or wrong, and I don't suppose I could do any real damage to a late stage calf -- but I'm rather embarassed to admit that I'm too intimidated by the whole procedure to give it a try at this time. Is there a little less "invasive" method? [/QUOTE]
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