cattle advice

was wondering if anyone can offer advice ive a spring born calf ive noticed to be sitting down a lot it has lost a bit of condition and ive noticed its back legs seem stiff when it walks, belly raised abit too, mabye some sort of urine infection?

also a heifer looks otherwise fit and healthy but for a bag of i presume fluid gathered below its head round throat area, fluke?
 

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was wondering if anyone can offer advice ive a spring born calf ive noticed to be sitting down a lot it has lost a bit of condition and ive noticed its back legs seem stiff when it walks, belly raised abit too, mabye some sort of urine infection?

also a heifer looks otherwise fit and healthy but for a bag of i presume fluid gathered below its head round throat area, fluke?
Is it bloated at all? Wonder if its got tetanus.
 
was wondering if anyone can offer advice ive a spring born calf ive noticed to be sitting down a lot it has lost a bit of condition and ive noticed its back legs seem stiff when it walks, belly raised abit too, mabye some sort of urine infection?

also a heifer looks otherwise fit and healthy but for a bag of i presume fluid gathered below its head round throat area, fluke?

wooden tongue on heifer possibly
 

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