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PROLAPSED COWS

HAY MAKER

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Yesterday Morning,I saw a prolapsed cow,looks like she had been that way a few days,always a bad sign because If I catch them soon enough have had good luck helping them and putting a few stiches in one,then to the sale barn.
Yesterday morning this old girl was to far gone,every time I would just about get every thing inside she would push against me,Im guessing her bladder was full and she was trying to empty,anyway it became obvious even if I could help her a few stiches was not going to hold,sadly 30-30 time.
What kinda luck have you had treating prolapsed cows ?
good luck
 

Silver

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I assume it was a vaginal prolapse as you are done calving aren't you? I've never had much luck with those. I've seen guys build harnesses to hold bottles in there and such but nothing is for sure. It's just a congenital defect and in my experience the 30-30 is the best cure.
The uterine prolapse is a different story, if you can get it put back in place there is no reason they can't have many more productive years. I've had okay luck with these, first thing is an spinal shot of a local anesthetic they quit pushing against you. Tipping the cow upside down and picking the tail head a few inches off the ground makes the job easier sometimes too. We have a neighbour who has herefords so is rigged up pretty good :wink: , and he has a prolapse needle. That's the best way to stitch them I've seen.
 

I Luv Herfrds

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They do it after calving the vet sews them up and it is off to the sale ring as a slaughter cow.
We ship both vaginal and uterine. Never keep them after they do it and their daughters are on the same truck.

Had a first year heifer do a uterine prolapse. She ended up out with the bull instead of in with the steers. He bred her and she did a vaginal prolapse. Was out for a few days before we caught it.
A huge mess.

Don't keep them. Some need the 30-30.
 

Silver

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There is ZERO medical / scientific reasoning for selling a cow that has had a uterine prolapse. If it makes you feel good to sell a cow that has done that, that's great but don't trick yourselves into thinking it's any more than that. If you sell all your cows that come in without ear tags you will cure that problem for the year too :wink:
 

randiliana

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Well, we'll keep cows around that vaginally prolapse so long as we don't have to mess with them. Sold one this year, she was 10, I believe. She prolapsed to a point every year, but until this one it went back in when she stood up. This year, we induced her, about a week or so early. Then sold the calf and culled her. Never kept any heifers off of her though.

As far as uterine prolapses, we have maybe dealt with 3 of these in the past 15 years. Ended up shooting 2 of them, they got such bad uterine infections we couldn't clean them up. The other was a 3 year old that had vaginally prolapsed before calving (badly) and we induced. Put her back together and once she healed up sent her to town. If we ever had one that wasn't the result of a vaginal prolapse and that lived and bred back we most likely would keep her around.
 

Denny

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I've only ever had three first one put back in she rebred and the next spring prolapsed and died.The other died about 6 hours after we got it put back in.
 

I Luv Herfrds

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Well Silver you can believe whatever you want and I will believe what I have seen and experienced.

Had some share cows with hubby's cousin years ago. One of the share cows did the uterine prolapse after having her first calf. We shipped the cow, but kept the calf that fall.
That calf also did a uterine prolapse as a first year.

Same thing happened with a heifer we bought.
Went back through the records and every cow that had the note prolapse next to her number was gone the next year.
 

Silver

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A uterine prolapse is a pretty rare event around here. I bought I really nice cow from a neighbour 8 years ago, he was selling her because she had prolapsed, but she was in good shape and bred. I bought her for the meat price at the time, and since then she has raised a great calf every year, and her heifers are producing happily with all their appropriate organs situated where mother nature intended them to be.
 

efb

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Well, while we are on the subject, I have a cow that rectal prolaspes. It only occurrs a month or two before calving then she is normal the rest of the year. The prolaspe occurrs when she is laying down. Protrudes up to 6 to 8 inches , when she gets up and walks about 50 yards it usually goes back in. Never does it when she calves. This has been going on for three years. She is a good cow otherwise and produces good calves. Anybody else ever had this. I suppose I'm flurting with disaster. This is for sure rectal and not vaginal.
 

Silver

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efb said:
Well, while we are on the subject, I have a cow that rectal prolaspes. It only occurrs a month or two before calving then she is normal the rest of the year. The prolaspe occurrs when she is laying down. Protrudes up to 6 to 8 inches , when she gets up and walks about 50 yards it usually goes back in. Never does it when she calves. This has been going on for three years. She is a good cow otherwise and produces good calves. Anybody else ever had this. I suppose I'm flurting with disaster. This is for sure rectal and not vaginal.

While this is quite unappealing it probably wont get any worse in my experience. I believe it is just the way the calf is carried causes the right pressure to be applied to cause the protrusion. It's not uncommon, but if it makes you feel better to shoot her or sell her and her offspring, by all means do it :D
 

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