Cow with large swelling!

[Alistair McLaren]

Anybody know what may have caused this. She calved a couple of weeks ago with no obvious signs of having struggled at all. She is bright in herself and milking fine and allowing calf to suck her. The swelling moves as one when she walks so its firm and not a mass of liquid. Any ideas welcome.

 

[le bon paysan]

Oedema, or she's split inside. Could drop dead at 3 weeks calved. Vet job IMO

 

[Walterp]

Think, if she's split her cervix, she'd have bled to death internally very quickly?

 

[Alistair McLaren]

Sent the same photos to vet. Both thinking Haematoma so just going to monitor her for now. Hope your wrong le bon paysan and she is still with us next week!

 

[Alistair McLaren]

Think, if she's split her cervix, she'd have bled to death internally very quickly?

Our thoughts too

 

[Philip Watkins]

Think, if she's split her cervix, she'd have bled to death internally very quickly?

Dairy farm I used to milk had a heifer bled out, vaginally, about a week after calving. From first sign of blood to being dead was very quick.

 

[Woolgatherer]

Anybody know what may have caused this. She calved a couple of weeks ago with no obvious signs of having struggled at all. She is bright in herself and milking fine and allowing calf to suck her. The swelling moves as one when she walks so its firm and not a mass of liquid. Any ideas welcome.

Seen a mare like that, vet wasn't sure if it was a haematoma or a rupture. Decided haematoma and said just keep an eye on it. It went away eventually by itself but took a long time.

 

[Thick Farmer]

She looks ok. I would do nothing and see what happens - basically all you can do anyway!

 

[Walterp]

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She looks ok. I would do nothing and see what happens - basically all you can do anyway!

You're joking! That's not just some cross Limousin, that'd be a very expensive pedigree Angus.

It'd make me ill thinking what she's worth, and the loss if anything happened to her; I'd call the vet right now....

 

[multi power]

She looks ok. I would do nothing and see what happens - basically all you can do anyway!

im assuming its not bothering her so i would not worry too much

the best vet i know always told me if its not bothering the cow leave it alone

 

[Walterp]

im assuming its not bothering her so i would not worry too much

the best vet i know always told me if its not bothering the cow leave it alone

Not sure that's right - the cow is a huge mammal that can withstand enormous pain and trauma, so the fact that she isn't distressed doesn't really tell you that much.

 

[z.man]

seen two haematoma's in feeding heifers; killed the first one immediately which didn't impress the vet at slaughterhouse, second one let it go down of its own accord 5 month later nearly all away not saying op is definitely that prognosis though but does look possible

 

[Jackov Altraids]

Had one with oedema, the fluid should find the lowest point and present under the belly. They will die.
Had one swell similar this, I think due to falling while riding, took about 6 months to disappear with no treatment or problems.

 

[multi power]

Sent the same photos to vet. Both thinking Haematoma so just going to monitor her for now. Hope your wrong le bon paysan and she is still with us next week!

have you tried it with a needle n syringe to see whats in there?

 

[le bon paysan]

At what she's worth, I would have called the vet

 

[Alistair McLaren]

im assuming its not bothering her so i would not worry too much

the best vet i know always told me if its not bothering the cow leave it alone

This is what we're doing. She seems bright in herself. The calf is sucking her/she's allowing the calf to feed so feel its best just to let her be for the time being whilst checking her each end of the day.

have you tried it with a needle n syringe to see whats in there?

No we haven't. Thought about it but she's not the most co-operative when it comes to getting into a crush so thinking along the lines that this would/could cause more stress and harm to her by knocking it against metal.

At what she's worth, I would have called the vet

The Vet was called and has had the same photos as above. What is she worth then?

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I have one exactly the same also on the left hand side on a Jersey cow. It appeared a few days after calving and has been there about two and a half years now and she has successfully calved twice since. I stuck a needle in when it first appeared and it was clear fluid that didn't smell so the vet thought it must be inflammitory fluid leaking from somewhere else so we gave her some metacam and that did nothing. The lump has overtime become solid and now feels quite fleshy inside.

 

[Walterp]

What is she worth then?

Well, she looks good even if I don't know her pedigree or whether she's (say) a third calver, so I know that in that case she's worth £2,000 for starters. Probably more, given that Clive Norbury is valuing unproven in-calf pedigree Hereford heifers at £2,400.

 

[jimmer]

we had a in calf jersey heifer with something very similar we thought it was a hernea she calved fine and milked well for six months before we culled her as we didnt want to push our luck

 

[le bon paysan]

Well, she looks good even if I don't know her pedigree or whether she's (say) a third calver, so I know that in that case she's worth £2,000 for starters. Probably more, given that Clive Norbury is valuing unproven in-calf pedigree Hereford heifers at £2,400.

I agree