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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 10453"><p>Ok....you're calving out a holstein 7 months or so before you should....and she's thin? She may have a fracture, likely on the down side, which would be difficult to ascertain without lifting her. I've lifted animals in a barn using hiplifters and a block and tackle arrangement, or outside using a front end loader and hiplifters. There's also a system called a bovijack.</p><p></p><p>Now why else could she be down? Is she ketotic? (can easily test urine to check) if so she may need dextrose IV. Low Phosphorus? Need a blood test to determine whether she's low in Ca or P. Thin or emaciated? Makes a difference...</p><p></p><p>IF you decide to shoot her, you can do an elective caesarian section just prior or just post shooting--and if post, you've got to be DARN fast. I'd personally freeze her, take the calf then shoot her. You might lose the carcass to salvage, but it's humane. Remember, if you shoot her, do a mental line from the inside corner of each eye to the opposite ear. Where the lines cross, the bullet should enter the skull. That should give you a humane shot which will instantaneously kill the animal. I've likely been a little too graphic here, and pretty hard on you. Sorry, but I can't stress the need to breed animals at the right time to calve so that there's not this kind of problem... V</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 10453"] Ok....you're calving out a holstein 7 months or so before you should....and she's thin? She may have a fracture, likely on the down side, which would be difficult to ascertain without lifting her. I've lifted animals in a barn using hiplifters and a block and tackle arrangement, or outside using a front end loader and hiplifters. There's also a system called a bovijack. Now why else could she be down? Is she ketotic? (can easily test urine to check) if so she may need dextrose IV. Low Phosphorus? Need a blood test to determine whether she's low in Ca or P. Thin or emaciated? Makes a difference... IF you decide to shoot her, you can do an elective caesarian section just prior or just post shooting--and if post, you've got to be DARN fast. I'd personally freeze her, take the calf then shoot her. You might lose the carcass to salvage, but it's humane. Remember, if you shoot her, do a mental line from the inside corner of each eye to the opposite ear. Where the lines cross, the bullet should enter the skull. That should give you a humane shot which will instantaneously kill the animal. I've likely been a little too graphic here, and pretty hard on you. Sorry, but I can't stress the need to breed animals at the right time to calve so that there's not this kind of problem... V [/QUOTE]
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