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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 197874" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Picture? bog spavin in horses is a soft swelling from stress, located on the front of the hock. It's a blemish, not an unsoundness, generally. I don't recall having heard the term used in relation to cattle before.</p><p></p><p>What you need to decide is if it's an infection or general inflammation from _____. There are anti-inflammatory drugs you can use, but just taking out the inflammation doesn't get rid of the real problem, which is what caused this. It might just be a fluke thing, but it would be good to know why it happened. In horses a bog spavin is due to stress, so is there anything you've done recently with the steer that would have put stress on that hock? standing tied seems a little unlikely, unless it was a lot more time than usual. Perhaps he was kicked? have him penned with horses by any chance? What kind of fence is around his pen? might he have gotten a leg stuck? although I'd be expecting it to be a front leg then, not a back leg.</p><p></p><p>Let him get out and move around - standing around isn't good for that leg. Moving will get the blood circulating better to the joint and help take the inflammation out, so halter and walk him.</p><p></p><p>Oh...and yes, it is going to hurt your daughter at fair time if the steer walks in with a huge swelling on his hock. At our county fair, I think something like that would be an automatic DQ in quality, which means the steer would not be sold.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 197874, member: 852"] Picture? bog spavin in horses is a soft swelling from stress, located on the front of the hock. It's a blemish, not an unsoundness, generally. I don't recall having heard the term used in relation to cattle before. What you need to decide is if it's an infection or general inflammation from _____. There are anti-inflammatory drugs you can use, but just taking out the inflammation doesn't get rid of the real problem, which is what caused this. It might just be a fluke thing, but it would be good to know why it happened. In horses a bog spavin is due to stress, so is there anything you've done recently with the steer that would have put stress on that hock? standing tied seems a little unlikely, unless it was a lot more time than usual. Perhaps he was kicked? have him penned with horses by any chance? What kind of fence is around his pen? might he have gotten a leg stuck? although I'd be expecting it to be a front leg then, not a back leg. Let him get out and move around - standing around isn't good for that leg. Moving will get the blood circulating better to the joint and help take the inflammation out, so halter and walk him. Oh...and yes, it is going to hurt your daughter at fair time if the steer walks in with a huge swelling on his hock. At our county fair, I think something like that would be an automatic DQ in quality, which means the steer would not be sold. [/QUOTE]
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