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Lame cow ready to calve?

  • 25-02-2016 12:22am
    #1
    Rushy Fields
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    Just wondering if there's anything I need to be concerned about. . . . I have a ten yr old cow ready to calve in the next day or two. She has become quiet lame in one back leg and stiff/tender looking in the front foot on same side. She's eating and drinking away and bright eyed. Usually calves on her own. She's been on slats since middle of Nov an off them today on straw bed. Any opinions welcome.


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  • #2
    patsy_mccabe
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    Start giving her a few Dairy nuts now. Maybe a half Kg twice a day. Increase then to 2Kg or so when she calves. She will have plenty of energy in her then to stop her getting run down.


  • #3
    RD10
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    I had a cow like that myself few days ago. Was like out of nowhere she got very sore on all four feet. Could barely walk. Moved her to a softer cubicle with good quality silage. A lot better now. Being on the slatts all winter is the problem i'd say. They get stiff and sore


  • #4
    Rushy Fields
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 222 ✭✭Rushy Fields


    She calved this morning. Let her out this eve in a field for a while. Still lame. Her teats were well blocked this morning a lot of curds. Maybe a touch mastitis is making her lame.... Might inject her with something tomorrow or sat or get the vet to have a look Saturday...


  • #5
    Milked out
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    nealger wrote: »
    She calved this morning. Let her out this eve in a field for a while. Still lame. Her teats were well blocked this morning a lot of curds. Maybe a touch mastitis is making her lame.... Might inject her with something tomorrow or sat or get the vet to have a look Saturday...

    If there are curds.in the milk she has mastitis the discomfort of which when she was springing caused her to walk as if lame most likely. She would need mastitis tubes as soon as you can to have a better chance of curing it. Ideally take a sample of milk before you tube her and get the vet to do a sensitivity test to find out the best antibiotic. A bottle of golden udder or some other such ointment would be a big help to rub on to the udder to help with any swelling and break down the mastitis in the udder


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