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calf with twisted back legs

  • 07-02-2014 5:08pm
    #1
    john mayo 10
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    Had a cow calf this morning.Calfed herself ch bull. Out of CSQ.His back right leg is badly twisted.He seems to throw the hoof outwards .Its as if he was lying on it inside her. Anyone came across this?.Will it rectify itself


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  • #2
    Genghis Cant
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    john mayo 10 wrote: »
    Had a cow calf this morning.Calfed herself ch bull. Out of CSQ.His back right leg is badly twisted.He seems to throw the hoof outwards .Its as if he was lying on it inside her. Anyone came across this?.Will it rectify itself

    Seen several big Charolais calves like that. In a hoop. They all came right.


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    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    Genghis Cant wrote: »
    Seen several big Charolais calves like that. In a hoop. They all came right.



    +1


    my money is that he will come right... especially as calved herself and no damage pulling


    limited space inside of her


  • #4
    john mayo 10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 965 ✭✭✭john mayo 10


    Hopefully he will be alright.Thanks for the replies


  • #5
    ferger1
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    could be a touch of schmallenburg


  • #6
    tanko
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    ferger1 wrote: »
    could be a touch of schmallenburg

    I wonder is there much of it about this year?


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  • #7
    ferger1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭ferger1


    tanko wrote: »
    I wonder is there much of it about this year?

    not sure about this year, but i had three cases of calfs with unusual feet last year. All three were ok, but the last calf i had was alot more severe, hes front two legs are bending outwards. Still have him, but not sure what will come of him...on a straw bed, wouldnt last on slats.

    Vet reckoned it was schmallenburg, and the cows were bitten later in pregnancy, so the deformities werent severe.


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