Bull hurt himself at the start of the breeding season

cacs

I bought a really nice lim bull last September . He has great figures 5 stars maternal 4 star replacement 145 index 5 kg milk and quite. The problem is on the day I was going to let him out he managed to rip one of his toes of the back of his leg. His his foot swelled up. Got to the bottom of the infection let him out. The wound has reopened and his foot is swollen again . Could not be at a worse time. I am worried about getting the infection completely cleared and and infertility . I wonder should I cut my losses

Timmaay

cathal irwin wrote: »

I bought a really nice lim bull last September . He has great figures 5 stars maternal 4 star replacement 145 index 5 kg milk and quite. The problem is on the day I was going to let him out he managed to rip one of his toes of the back of his leg. His his foot swelled up. Got to the bottom of the infection let him out. The wound has reopened and his foot is swollen again . Could not be at a worse time. I am worried about getting the infection completely cleared and and infertility . I wonder should I cut my losses

Is he lame? How many will he be serving? What price do you put on him not getting all these incalf, them all pushing out afew months or having to be culled. Sicking alright but trust me having a bull who hasn't done the business on 1/4 of your herd and you ending up dropping 100k worth of milk alongside making a hash of your calving interval etc etc is absolutely not fun at all, happened here afew yrs back.

orm0nd

is he insured

kerry cow

Cut your losses , too much risk and the cost of replacement will far out weight the loss of calves on the ground and delayed calving pattern for your herd going forward , your call

tellmeabit

Had something similar few weeks back. Bull very lame. Thought I was goin to have to factory him. Got 5 day withdrawal antibiotic twice, saucy 75 a bottle. Still lame. Washed it and treated with iodine ( 10)heavily for 5 days. Seems to have cleared up.

cacs

Timmaay wrote: »

Is he lame? How many will he be serving? What price do you put on him not getting all these incalf, them all pushing out afew months or having to be culled. Sicking alright but trust me having a bull who hasn't done the business on 1/4 of your herd and you ending up dropping 100k worth of milk alongside making a hash of your calving interval etc etc is absolutely not fun at all, happened here afew yrs back.

Thanks for the post he is not lame but the wound is open a little swollen. I honestly thought he looked better tonight i only keep a small suckler herd of sixteen this year he has four or five got. I will chance him for a month and see how i go.thanks again

Miname

cathal irwin wrote: »

Thanks for the post he is not lame but the wound is open a little swollen. I honestly thought he looked better tonight i only keep a small suckler herd of sixteen this year he has four or five got. I will chance him for a month and see how i go.thanks again

Get him fertility tested. If he's working he's working if not at least you know and can ai or something.

cacs

Miname wrote: »

Get him fertility tested. If he's working he's working if not at least you know and can ai or something.

He has got four cows in calf before i let him out i got them scanned two weeks ago. Could he go infertility from the infection. Looking we got him early so he never got a temperature. We hit hard with antibiotics and anti inflammatorys

Miname

cathal irwin wrote: »

He has got four cows in calf before i let him out i got them scanned two weeks ago. Could he go infertility from the infection. Looking we got him early so he never got a temperature. We hit hard with antibiotics and anti inflammatorys

I'd still be getting him tested the drugs can often make them infertile while usually only temporary it would be worth knowing.

orm0nd

Miname wrote:

I'd still be getting him tested the drugs can often make them infertile while usually only temporary it would be worth knowing.

Drugs won't make him infertile as s rule however a raised temperature from infection might

farmerjj

Miname wrote: »

Get him fertility tested. If he's working he's working if not at least you know and can ai or something.

Good way of making him very nervous,did it this year and bull is fierce nervous since, not to keen on testing them again

J.O. Farmer

farmerjj wrote: »

Good way of making him very nervous,did it this year and bull is fierce nervous since, not to keen on testing them again

What did you do to the poor bull. I have an image of a poor innocent bull going la dee dah what a lovely day to be eating grass.
Then there's a snap of a rubber glove and somebody did something unspeakable and now he's trembling at the mere sight of a person.

By nervous do you mean wicked for want of a better term.

farmerjj

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

What did you do to the poor bull. I have an image of a poor innocent bull going la dee dah what a lovely day to be eating grass.
Then there's a snap of a rubber glove and somebody did something unspeakable and now he's trembling at the mere sight of a person.

By nervous do you mean wicked for want of a better term.

That's frightening close:o
Not wicked just nervous to go any where near the scene of the crime, and he was a very easy going bull before..

Bellview

farmerjj wrote:

Good way of making him very nervous,did it this year and bull is fierce nervous since, not to keen on testing them again

What breed is bull - did guy testing do a rough job. We test a number of bulls every year with vet and there is never an issue with them after. When selling bulls now a lot of farmers ask for test so they minimise risk for their iherds and in fairness farmers will pay a few extra bob in the ring for a fertility tested bull..