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week old calf with front leg issues
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<blockquote data-quote="branguscowgirl" data-source="post: 1103514" data-attributes="member: 19938"><p>Was this a large animal vet that saw her? If so, has probably seen a lot of contracted tendons. And able to recognize it right away. How does the navel look? Nice and dried up, with no drainage or swelling?</p><p>Navel ill can cause joint infection and swelling. But joint infections from Navel ill show up days or weeks later. </p><p>If she was born contracted, it is not from navel ill. There is always the possibility that there is more than one thing going on. </p><p>However, if the tendons are just tight, it can be painful when stretching them. And she will get tired after nursing, and spend a lot of time laying down. So that part would be normal. I have had calves and horse with tendons so contracted that they walked on their fetlock joint. In those cases, I have splinted them with pvc pipe. But as long as they are walking on their hoof toe, I would leave them alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="branguscowgirl, post: 1103514, member: 19938"] Was this a large animal vet that saw her? If so, has probably seen a lot of contracted tendons. And able to recognize it right away. How does the navel look? Nice and dried up, with no drainage or swelling? Navel ill can cause joint infection and swelling. But joint infections from Navel ill show up days or weeks later. If she was born contracted, it is not from navel ill. There is always the possibility that there is more than one thing going on. However, if the tendons are just tight, it can be painful when stretching them. And she will get tired after nursing, and spend a lot of time laying down. So that part would be normal. I have had calves and horse with tendons so contracted that they walked on their fetlock joint. In those cases, I have splinted them with pvc pipe. But as long as they are walking on their hoof toe, I would leave them alone. [/QUOTE]
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