Cow with Milk fever & Big Calf

Cow needing help on a VERY cold Late May Sunday morning.
Music by Billy Swann

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• cows
• farm
• animals
• country
• agriculture
• farming

[galaxie63punk]

whats milk fever

[holsteincowboy]

@galaxie63punk Condition caused by low level of calcium. Normally 1 bottle of calcium is all that is required to get the cow back to normal

[cowfarmerman]

@holsteincowboy 1 bottle IV and 1/2 SQ is followed by a fresh cow drench the next day is the Vet protocal and why did you give it to her in the milk vein?

[holsteincowboy]

@cowfarmerman I find the milk vein is a easier and quicker way to get calcium into her blood stream than the neck vein

[jetsetjenny02]

The poor thing!  Couldn't you even pet her and sooth her alittle? These poor animals have to give birth all the time! Not much of a life.

[holsteincowboy]

@jetsetjenny02 Actually it's a very nice life They lie out in the sun in a lush pasture all day (No stress unlike us humans) They only calve once a year

[1961casey]

@1M005E1 I can only imagine all the cowboys and ranchers chuckling at the city slicker. This is not a house pet. It's natural habitat is the outdoors. Torture would be to let the cow try to give birth on her own. BTW doesn't strike you as odd that there would be a specific piece of equipment designed to perform just this task if it had never been done before? Stick to your hamburger and let the professionals do their job.

[1madaboutguitar]

@charliemia64 Oh you hero! Seriously dude, go and find some REAL purpose in life.

[1madaboutguitar]

Happy ending ;-)

[dkio50]

@TheGwynnSmith Well i don't agree with you.The heat,the cold,the rain ,the sun,the snow are natural.We have to protect as posible the animals but they are steel ANIMALS!We must not do them ''dolls'' to play with,they are made to survive out there. Don't behave to animals like children,but do the best for them,and in that case,the doctor never asks the patient if he pains,but try to save him from death.

[Thetellurianvortex]

@jetsetjenny02

Do you think petting or soothing her will get her out of the semi coma she's currently in?

[charliemia64]

So sad for these cows, they are no different to a piece of machinery nowadays hence milk fever, such a sad life humans make them endure. Not a good life just less abusive than factory farming, still don't make it right, the reason I choose to enjoy a selection of non dairy milk and play no part of this.

[TheGwynnSmith]

@holsteincowboy Maybe nice for them durring the spring and fall. Summer and Winters can be pretty harsh on them. They survive the heat and bitter colds, but I don't know that I'd call it nice living. Better than the factory farm animals have it I suppose. Poor factory chickens have it the worst I think.

[cowfarmerman]

@holsteincowboy it is much easier to hit and much faster but you will have to watch out for the cow to go from hypocalcemia(low calcium) to hypercalcemia(high calcium), even the neck vein it happens but the milk vein is more likely. The symptoms of hypercalcemia are the cow will start to shake all over like she is very cold it is very painful in there bones and mucles it wont last for long, but still us farmers dont like to cause our animals pain:)