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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1787330" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>We had a somewhat similar situation a few years ago. That cow was swollen up in the middle, for a while before and I just thought she was big and probably going to twin. When she finally calved and realized it wasn't coming out. Tried to pull it and couldn't, neighbors came and tried and couldn't. It was in a Sunday of course, so finally got in touch with a vet.</p><p>The vet tried to pull it, and then said he would have to do a C section. The calf was full of fluid and huge. The vet said the calf was well over two hundred pounds and obviously dead. The placenta was thick almost like a rubber ball. He said it was rare called it Hydrops. It was a registered Angus cow as was the sire of the calf. It was during the time of several defects, but the vet said it was not a genetic thing it was just freak thing having to do with the amniotic fluid.</p><p>Cow was dead the next morning. It would have been her fourth calf, I had bought her as an open heifer with absolutely no issues till that experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1787330, member: 24816"] We had a somewhat similar situation a few years ago. That cow was swollen up in the middle, for a while before and I just thought she was big and probably going to twin. When she finally calved and realized it wasn’t coming out. Tried to pull it and couldn’t, neighbors came and tried and couldn’t. It was in a Sunday of course, so finally got in touch with a vet. The vet tried to pull it, and then said he would have to do a C section. The calf was full of fluid and huge. The vet said the calf was well over two hundred pounds and obviously dead. The placenta was thick almost like a rubber ball. He said it was rare called it Hydrops. It was a registered Angus cow as was the sire of the calf. It was during the time of several defects, but the vet said it was not a genetic thing it was just freak thing having to do with the amniotic fluid. Cow was dead the next morning. It would have been her fourth calf, I had bought her as an open heifer with absolutely no issues till that experience. [/QUOTE]
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