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I have a 7 year old jersey/holstein milk cow that has been down for 4 days, she was artificially inseminated with some calving ease angus semen. She was due to calve yesterday with her 5th calf. She had no problems with her other calves. She's still eating and drinking and trying to get up occasionally. She's in a 16 X 25 foot pen in the barn on concrete with hay for bedding.
She's having trouble getting traction on the floor but when she first went down she was up on the manure pack and had good traction but not enough strength in her back legs. Since then she has wormed her way down onto bare floor.
This morning she had gotten her legs out straight behind her, so we rolled her around and got her in a more natural position lying on her chest with her legs under her. She has been stringing clear with a very small amount of blood for the past two days.
She's on hay. It's not super high quality but not to poor either. We have also been giving her a couple of cups of grain each day. She has salt and minerals. Her ears and nose are cold but we don't have any way of knowing her temperature. Her milk has not come in yet.
Do you think that she will be able to have the calf fine while being down?
Can you think of any reasons that she would be down?
Is there anything else that I should be doing?
Thanks in advance for any ideas.
She's having trouble getting traction on the floor but when she first went down she was up on the manure pack and had good traction but not enough strength in her back legs. Since then she has wormed her way down onto bare floor.
This morning she had gotten her legs out straight behind her, so we rolled her around and got her in a more natural position lying on her chest with her legs under her. She has been stringing clear with a very small amount of blood for the past two days.
She's on hay. It's not super high quality but not to poor either. We have also been giving her a couple of cups of grain each day. She has salt and minerals. Her ears and nose are cold but we don't have any way of knowing her temperature. Her milk has not come in yet.
Do you think that she will be able to have the calf fine while being down?
Can you think of any reasons that she would be down?
Is there anything else that I should be doing?
Thanks in advance for any ideas.