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lump on cows neck

  • 16-07-2009 9:36am
    #1
    vanderbadger
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    well everyone
    just noticed one of my cows in the last few day has a large (slightly larger than size of your fist) lump on her neck, kinda just behind the jaw, she doesnt appear uncomfortable but its a nasty looking thing, wonder should I leave it be or what it might be, in my experience the vets are very wishy washy about practically everything so not sure about bringing them out


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  • #2
    wiggy123
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    its on her neck...
    so its not a tooth prob..
    she could hav got a prod,an absess! u touch it--it soft/hard?
    shot of pencilinn--mite help her..infection..and mayb spray to lump..cut and heal!

    unsure..if call vet--costly! prob say--it will heal itself


  • #3
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    havent touched now so cant say for sure but it looks solid enough, there are 2 little soars on it so as you say she might have goten a little nick somehwere


  • #4
    CJhaughey
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    It could be Warblefly?


  • #5
    vanderbadger
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    lump would hardly be this big for warble fly would it?


  • #6
    wiggy123
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    unsure if it would be warbles...
    thought--u'd find them mostly on the back of a cow,no??
    also with pour-ons,i think the day of warbles is long gone--would i be correct?
    i have never seen a case(hopefully never will)but father said was common in his day...come summer time--cattle running around fields,tails up--with warbles!


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  • #7
    MfMan
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    Might be lumpy jaw, small bit like timber tongue - I had a case of this earlier in the year. Vet will need to treat it I'd say.


  • #8
    kulchie
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    It could be chronic liver fluke which can cause a swelling on the cows throat as shown in the picture in this Article


  • #9
    whelan1
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    if its just 1 lump its probably a prod , if there's loads could be a reaction to something or other


  • #10
    vanderbadger
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    turned out to be abscess..dirty enough old thing, vet opened it up.


  • #11
    Figerty
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    Glad you got the vet in, that could have turned into blood poisoning and you probably would have lost the cow. Small thing like a prod of a whitethorn could have caused it.
    vanderbadger wrote: »
    turned out to be abscess..dirty enough old thing, vet opened it up.


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  • #12
    pakalasa
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    ...yep, and the Blackthorn are even worse than the Whitethorn.


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