Broken Foot in animal

Limerick91

My father has a bullock approx 1 year old who has broken his foot.

It has been diagnosed by his vet

Has any one any ideas to help speed up healing and to ensure that he does not lose too much weight.

He is after putting the animal outside, the animal was in the slatted shed when the injury occurred

Thanks

reilig

Limerick91 wrote: »

My father has a bullock approx 1 year old who has broken his foot.

It has been diagnosed by his vet

Has any one any ideas to help speed up healing and to ensure that he does not lose too much weight.

He is after putting the animal outside, the animal was in the slatted shed when the injury occurred

Thanks

Is it the lower foot close to the hoof or the leg between the knee and the hoof? How did he break it?

What did the vet do for the animal?

We have a bone setter locally who can deal with these type of repairs far more efficiently than the local Vets. He can make up casts and splints. He is efficient at popping back in dislocated joints. I wonder if there is anyone close to you that performs such a service.

The biggest problem with a 1 year old bullock is that he will continually put weight on the foot and it won't heal. He will always be lame on it.

One of the best options might be to get the vet to certify the animal and bring him to the factory asap for slaughter. It could work out cheapest in the end!!

Limerick91

The injury was to the lower foot.
I guess he fell on the slatts, but we are not sure.
The vet gave him pain killing injections and that is being repeated for the next 4 days.
I will look into contacting a bone setter, it might be a good idea.
The factory option is being looked into as well
Cheers

reilig

Limerick91 wrote: »

The injury was to the lower foot.
I guess he fell on the slatts, but we are not sure.
The vet gave him pain killing injections and that is being repeated for the next 4 days.
I will look into contacting a bone setter, it might be a good idea.
The factory option is being looked into as well
Cheers

Does the vet expect that the animal will heal his broken foot himself - while walking around on it?

The bone setter can work wonders on calves with broken bones, but I don't know what he would do for an animal that size. You can keep a calf with a broken leg down for a week or 2 and still feed him as normal, but a bigger animal wouldn't be easy to prevent from walking on a broken foot and it may just never heal.

I'd hold off on the injections if you're thinking about putting him into the factory as there might be a meat withdrawal period with them.

sh1tstirrer

I've seen this happen to a heifer on slats she got her hoof caught between the slats and broke her hoof. She cannot put weight on that leg.

what happen

the brother in law told me the vet told them they could get the bull away to the factory the next day after the pain killing injection.

Butcher Boy

the factory is awast of time they will only skip him . give him a chance he might come right .u could always put him in the freezer he would be fine. u will get 000000 in the factory for him too light and a broken leg out the door he will go .

foundation10

If you hold onto him you need to enclose him in tight corner of a shed where his movement is limited. Is it front or back leg? front leg should heal relatively quickly and see an improvement after about a month even though it will always look crooked or weak bit wont have a huge impact on him.