Post by milkmaid on Aug 6, 2008 21:31:49 GMT -5
I made this post about a year ago on the Cattle Today forum, and it looks like perhaps y'all might be interested in seeing them too. So I'm reposting it, and hope you find it helpful!
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Thought since a picture is worth a thousand words, maybe we need a collection of pics for the newbies.
Soooo... I've been working on my own collection of pictures for about a year or so now, maybe a little longer, and I've got a variety of photos I'll start with. If anyone else has any good photos of pics that you want to share -- and you know what the problem is -- feel free to post. (Or, if you'll PM/email them to me, I'll put them in this post under a catagory.) Don't post pics that you don't know what's wrong; I don't want this turning into a "diagnose my cow" thread; this is simply for information purposes only.
Thanks y'all, and hope folks find this helpful!
First!!! -- Cow Parts
Udder Problems
Calving problems
Backwards calf - DOA
Hydrops -- caused by excessive amounts of fluid in the uterus -- in this case resulted in rupture of the abdominal wall, or something similar; note left flank
General bovine problems
another abcess
a less severe case of lumpy jaw (note right side of the skull, around eye socket)
Cancer eye
BVD lesions in the mouth -- note they may or may not look like this; any oral lesions should be suspect
IBR white plaque on the underside of the tongue -- note IBR usually causes blindness and that's a typical sign
Blindness as a result of pinkeye
Infected band on a bull-now-steer calf -- good reason to give tetanus toxoid when castrating calves
Bloat -- this is after -- note the puncture made in front of the left hip
heifer with a stifle injury -- please note this is an injury, not an infection, even though it looks like the calf below with a joint infection. Culture results revealed the difference.
Johnes - results in rapid weight loss and extreme emaciation even while the animal eats and acts normally. No cure and highly contagious to calves, symptoms usually don't appear until the animal is at least 2-3 years old.
Specific calf problems
Navel ill - this is much larger than you'll normally see - caused by not dipping the calf's navel in iodine after birth or being born in an unclean environment
Scours
Dehydration -- the result of scours -- this calf is SEVERELY dehydrated. Generally dehydration isn't obvious until the animal has lost 6% of its body weight in water, and kidney damage occurs around 12% fluid loss.
Braham-influenced calf - normal amount of skin at navel area. Note the difference between this and the hernia pic above
If anyone has pics of other problems, common or not-so-common, feel free to send them to me and I'll put them in this post.
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Thought since a picture is worth a thousand words, maybe we need a collection of pics for the newbies.
Soooo... I've been working on my own collection of pictures for about a year or so now, maybe a little longer, and I've got a variety of photos I'll start with. If anyone else has any good photos of pics that you want to share -- and you know what the problem is -- feel free to post. (Or, if you'll PM/email them to me, I'll put them in this post under a catagory.) Don't post pics that you don't know what's wrong; I don't want this turning into a "diagnose my cow" thread; this is simply for information purposes only.
Thanks y'all, and hope folks find this helpful!
First!!! -- Cow Parts
Udder Problems
Calving problems
Backwards calf - DOA
Hydrops -- caused by excessive amounts of fluid in the uterus -- in this case resulted in rupture of the abdominal wall, or something similar; note left flank
General bovine problems
another abcess
a less severe case of lumpy jaw (note right side of the skull, around eye socket)
Cancer eye
BVD lesions in the mouth -- note they may or may not look like this; any oral lesions should be suspect
IBR white plaque on the underside of the tongue -- note IBR usually causes blindness and that's a typical sign
Blindness as a result of pinkeye
Infected band on a bull-now-steer calf -- good reason to give tetanus toxoid when castrating calves
Bloat -- this is after -- note the puncture made in front of the left hip
heifer with a stifle injury -- please note this is an injury, not an infection, even though it looks like the calf below with a joint infection. Culture results revealed the difference.
Johnes - results in rapid weight loss and extreme emaciation even while the animal eats and acts normally. No cure and highly contagious to calves, symptoms usually don't appear until the animal is at least 2-3 years old.
Specific calf problems
Navel ill - this is much larger than you'll normally see - caused by not dipping the calf's navel in iodine after birth or being born in an unclean environment
Scours
Dehydration -- the result of scours -- this calf is SEVERELY dehydrated. Generally dehydration isn't obvious until the animal has lost 6% of its body weight in water, and kidney damage occurs around 12% fluid loss.
Braham-influenced calf - normal amount of skin at navel area. Note the difference between this and the hernia pic above
If anyone has pics of other problems, common or not-so-common, feel free to send them to me and I'll put them in this post.
