Post by Jennifer on Nov 6, 2011 12:40:28 GMT -5
Back Story...
Almost 3 yr old cow in milk, she freshened in August. Until yesterday she was at our other farm acting as nurse cow with two calves on her. Yesterday morning she was moved to the farm we milk cows on and unloaded with 2 other cows and calves and left in the lot during the day and turned out into the big pasture without her calves in the evening so we could milk her this morning. When I gathered cows this morning I noticed she had an excessive amount of snot and saliva coming out her nose and mouth and she was hanging her head low but still balling to the calves. At first I thought the snot and stuff was because she had been bawling for her calves all night. I brought her into the stanchion to milk and she started eating the alfalfa then she started coughing excessively. I let her out to watch her. She definitely didn't like her head being straight with her body in the stanchion and when let out she was hanging her head low again and acting like she was trying to cough up a hair ball. I did see a small amount of blood mixed into the snot. She nursed her calves for a bit with much less snot/saliva then I turned her back into the big pasture and she went right over to the round bale and started eating although with a little less gusto as normal. Now that you have the story here are my concerns...
1. I can't get a hold of a single vet, I've called all of them withing 50 miles and have been trying for hours.
2. She is in obvious discomfort. She occasionally hunches up her back a little and coughs then goes back to standing normal.
3. Lots of mucus/snot/saliva coming out her mouth AND nose, some blood streaked.
4. This pasture has hedge apples in it and she has never been around hedge apples before. At first I thought she was choking on one but someone else told me that she would have been dead before we knew she was choking. I've run my hands up and down the outside of her throat and don't feel any lumps.
5. She seems to be breathing fine.
6. She's not bloated, in fact she looks not as full as normal like maybe she didn't eat much overnight. She is eating now though.
I am having a hell of a time getting KFC to pull up on my phone and am running to the computer to get this info so if I don't respond ASAP that's why. I can be reached at 816-365-3305 or will check back here in a bit.
Thanks
Almost 3 yr old cow in milk, she freshened in August. Until yesterday she was at our other farm acting as nurse cow with two calves on her. Yesterday morning she was moved to the farm we milk cows on and unloaded with 2 other cows and calves and left in the lot during the day and turned out into the big pasture without her calves in the evening so we could milk her this morning. When I gathered cows this morning I noticed she had an excessive amount of snot and saliva coming out her nose and mouth and she was hanging her head low but still balling to the calves. At first I thought the snot and stuff was because she had been bawling for her calves all night. I brought her into the stanchion to milk and she started eating the alfalfa then she started coughing excessively. I let her out to watch her. She definitely didn't like her head being straight with her body in the stanchion and when let out she was hanging her head low again and acting like she was trying to cough up a hair ball. I did see a small amount of blood mixed into the snot. She nursed her calves for a bit with much less snot/saliva then I turned her back into the big pasture and she went right over to the round bale and started eating although with a little less gusto as normal. Now that you have the story here are my concerns...
1. I can't get a hold of a single vet, I've called all of them withing 50 miles and have been trying for hours.
2. She is in obvious discomfort. She occasionally hunches up her back a little and coughs then goes back to standing normal.
3. Lots of mucus/snot/saliva coming out her mouth AND nose, some blood streaked.
4. This pasture has hedge apples in it and she has never been around hedge apples before. At first I thought she was choking on one but someone else told me that she would have been dead before we knew she was choking. I've run my hands up and down the outside of her throat and don't feel any lumps.
5. She seems to be breathing fine.
6. She's not bloated, in fact she looks not as full as normal like maybe she didn't eat much overnight. She is eating now though.
I am having a hell of a time getting KFC to pull up on my phone and am running to the computer to get this info so if I don't respond ASAP that's why. I can be reached at 816-365-3305 or will check back here in a bit.
Thanks