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Update of calf with swollen jaw
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<blockquote data-quote="CattleAnnie" data-source="post: 89739" data-attributes="member: 220"><p>Agree that foreign debris can sure make a mess when it comes to infection.</p><p></p><p>Honey and I doctored one of his two month old calves a couple of weeks ago. He had a softball sized lump under his jaw.</p><p></p><p>Lanced it with an exacto knife, drained the wound, and gave him a shot of Nuflor. Came around wonderfully, but talk about a gross process! We squeezed the bejezus out of that lump after it was lanced (about a two inch incision) and got about a cup and a half of putrid pus and lumps out of the abcess.</p><p></p><p> :mrgreen: (colour of my face during the operation and after whilst cleaning pus off my boot)</p><p></p><p>Anyway, figure it was most likely a barley beard from some of the straw that we'd been using to bed the cattle. Can't really notice that he ever had anything wrong with him, except for a wee bit of excess tissue under the jaw.</p><p></p><p>We've had to perform this makeshift surgery a few times to clear out abcesses on calves and cows. As much discomfort as the operation causes the animal, sure must be a relief in the end when that pressure is released, and they all healed well.</p><p></p><p>End of rambling discourse. :roll: </p><p></p><p>Take care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CattleAnnie, post: 89739, member: 220"] Agree that foreign debris can sure make a mess when it comes to infection. Honey and I doctored one of his two month old calves a couple of weeks ago. He had a softball sized lump under his jaw. Lanced it with an exacto knife, drained the wound, and gave him a shot of Nuflor. Came around wonderfully, but talk about a gross process! We squeezed the bejezus out of that lump after it was lanced (about a two inch incision) and got about a cup and a half of putrid pus and lumps out of the abcess. :mrgreen: (colour of my face during the operation and after whilst cleaning pus off my boot) Anyway, figure it was most likely a barley beard from some of the straw that we'd been using to bed the cattle. Can't really notice that he ever had anything wrong with him, except for a wee bit of excess tissue under the jaw. We've had to perform this makeshift surgery a few times to clear out abcesses on calves and cows. As much discomfort as the operation causes the animal, sure must be a relief in the end when that pressure is released, and they all healed well. End of rambling discourse. :roll: Take care. [/QUOTE]
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