large naval

marknjb

well lads, I recently bought a pen of weanlings in the mart, when I brought tem home I noticed that one of them had a large naval, my oul lad said it could be a sign of the gut fallen, is it dangerous, could the beast get sick from it or even die, thanks marknjb
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Kovu

Do you mean a heifer with a hernia? Or a bull with a swollen, eh, rod area.

Hernias are normally not dangerous, but the animals are not recommended for breeding from. If it's a swelling from infection it'll need treatment.

_Brian

Makes one nervous though.
Over the summer we ha a smashing Blonde heifer develop a large naval, probably hernia while jumping on other heifers.

I was a bit worried about it, she was about 500kgs but it Didn't seem to do her any harm.

L1985

We got that as well-bull calf we bought in and his whole belly button swelled up really bad around 2/3 weeks later .we are suckler not dairy. It was dropping down around 8inches had to get the vet to give him antibiotics-Twice. Nearly lost him it wasn't a problem with his gut just a bad infection as far as I know.

marknjb

this is a heifer, not to bad only around 3 or 5 inches

_Brian

marknjb wrote: »

this is a heifer, not to bad only around 3 or 5 inches

Sounds similar to ours.. it did seem to be bigger/smaller sometimes but never stopper her thrive..