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Cattle hoof problem

  • 29-01-2018 12:19am
    #1
    stephenmc16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭


    Just wondering has anyone come across an animal where there hoof has split.. Had a cow that must of slipped on the slats and ripped one claw to the side. She's hobbling but very sore looking. Any ideas on what to do ?


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  • #2
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,458 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    You will need to contact your Vet in the morning. She will definitely need pain relief and whatever course of action your Vet recommends.


  • #3
    whelan2
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    Base price wrote: »
    You will need to contact your Vet in the morning. She will definitely need pain relief and whatever course of action your Vet recommends.

    Maybe hoofcare man too


  • #4
    stephenmc16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭stephenmc16


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Maybe hoofcare man too

    Had the hoofcare man out Saturday but he said he wouldn't touch it. Said the vet would probably cut it clean off. Just kinda wanted to know if anyone had an experience whether the cow will come good after it or will she be going to the factory ?


  • #5
    whelan2
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    stephenmc16 wrote: »
    Had the hoofcare man out Saturday but he said he wouldn't touch it. Said the vet would probably cut it clean off. Just kinda wanted to know if anyone had an experience whether the cow will come good after it or will she be going to the factory ?
    Have seen them before when the hoof was cut off and they worked out fine.


  • #6
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,125 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    I had a weanling here before that was lame like that. Vet cut the hoof right off. He bandaged it all up then. It worked out fine but I had to declare him when I was selling and that knocked about 250e off his value. I didn't have the means to finish him. One hoof looked like a disaster on slats.


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  • #7
    shrek008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 162 ✭✭shrek008


    Wont b safe to put her back in calf, the extra weight of pregnancy would cause her big problems, keep her off slats, fatten and factory.


  • #8
    Mooooo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    Vet will likely take the hoof off, she won't be able for slats so put out or on straw and fatten before next winter


  • #9
    White Clover
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    Vet to cut off. She will be left with a stump. A routine trim of the other hoof a couple of times per year by hoofcare man to minimize the chances of her getting lame on the good hoof.


  • #10
    stephenmc16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭stephenmc16


    Hoof took off anyway.. All bandaged up so hopefully she'll be the better of it.


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