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There's a massive stone stuck right up through this cow's foot, and removing it is going to be the ultimate relief. This is the hoof check and a young cow with a very sore foot.
Watch the relief as a massive stone is removed from a young cow's sore foot, revealing extensive damage and the treatment process.
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Key Takeaways
- Large foreign objects like stones can cause severe lameness and internal hoof damage in cattle.
- Proper trimming and removal of the stone are essential to relieve pain and prevent further injury.
- Treatment includes wound cleaning, protective blocking, and careful wrapping to promote healing.
- Outdoor conditions must be considered when applying hoof blocks to ensure effectiveness.
- Prompt veterinary intervention can drastically improve the animal's comfort and mobility.
What the video covers
- A young heifer is suffering from severe lameness due to a large stone lodged deep in her front right hoof.
- The stone causes the cow to avoid using the affected claw, leading to uneven wear on the other claw.
- The vet carefully trims around the stone to facilitate its removal, revealing multiple stones and significant internal damage.
- The stone has penetrated deeply, causing a cavity and ulcer-like lesion inside the hoof.
- The vet removes damaged tissue and applies a block to aid healing, considering the cow's outdoor environment.
- The wound is treated with I-ring and loosely wrapped to protect against infection while allowing healing.
- The vet notes possible dermatitis and emphasizes the importance of not leaving the lesion untreated.
- Despite the severity, the cow is expected to feel significantly better after the procedure.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and hoof check
- 00:36Identifying the problem foot
- 00:55Confirming the stone presence
- 01:17Observing claw wear and stone impact
- 01:38Trimming around the stone
- 02:15Removing the stone and assessing damage
- 02:55Cleaning and evaluating the wound
- 04:05Applying hoof block and treatment
- 04:49Final treatment and wrapping
Full Transcript — Download SRT & Markdown
Speaker A
[Music] When I see you dance [Applause] slow, I fall into you. The cow in the cush is actually a young heifer, and she lives out in the field, and she has gone incredibly lame, which is actually pretty unusual. So, we're not
Speaker A
actually going to trim her other three feet. It's just this front right one that is causing all of the trouble.
Speaker A
[Music] Huh. I think, uh, I think the problem's fairly obvious then. Wow. Is it a stone? Oh, it's maybe not actually.
Speaker A
Is it a stone? Yes, it is definitely a stone. And it's pushed right—look at that.
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Hopefully, it doesn't go in too far. So, clearly, well, hopefully I don't need to tell you, but she’s got a huge stone right up inside her foot. So, this claw here is almost perfect.
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It's worn down perfectly because she's trying to walk on that when she does use this foot at all. But obviously, she's avoiding using this outer claw because there's a bloody great stone in it.
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First, we need to get that huge stone out. I'm actually going to trim around it to begin with so it's easier to come out.
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[Music] It looks like it's going to be in quite a long way. Uh uh uh uh.
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[Music] Oh my God. So you can see this black part here pushing right up into the foot. So, in other words, it must go all the way up in here. So we can take all of that away.
Speaker A
The damage is clearly huge. I'm going to snip away all of this. It all needs to be removed anyway. So, might as well remove it before we try and—Jeez. Oh, that is wedged in there.
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Oh, moving. There's more than one actually. I can hear them, I think. Ah. Oh, that like gong coming out. Look at the size of that. Bloody huge. Poor lass. Right. What mess has it made?
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So, all that gge coming out. You can see right up inside her foot.
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Oh, little stones as well. I can hear them hitting my knife, destroying my blade in the process. Obviously, we just saw the tip of that stone sticking out all last,
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but it has done some very substantial damage. Can actually see right up in there. Look at that for a mess. Ouch.
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Right. Luckily, it's pretty localized. Still, right. I think we'll get a block on that right now. Actually, like that.
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Lovely. Strip back as much of this as possible. Because she's going out into the field, it actually presents a problem with the block because it'll sink into the dirt as she walks, and she won't get the full benefit of it.
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Oh, I can actually see it goes right up inside her. Look, it goes all the way up inside her white line there. See it up there? There's a cavity all the way to the top.
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That cavity actually extends up to about here. So, we need to get rid of all of this.
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Look at all that gum. Right. How are we looking? Sore. So right at the heart of this, you can clearly see where the stone has penetrated all the way through the foot and where the real problem is now. It
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actually looks a bit like an ulcer. So it's possible that's—that it's possible the hole was there first and then the stone has gone right up into it.
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Actually just noticed that's a little rough, too. So I'll just reduce the size of that.
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And that's her almost done. Except she needs a little splash of I-ring. I think we need to wrap that. Ah, she's whipped me with her tail.
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[Music] Right. Slightly worried that there's a little bit of dermatitis on that as well. So, we're going to wrap it, but we're going to wrap it very loosely so it falls off in a day or two.
Speaker A
Definitely don't want to leave that sitting there. It's still clearly hurting a huge amount, but your foot would be too if it had an open lesion like that. But there is zero chance it's going to feel like it did yesterday tomorrow, if that makes
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sense.
Topics:cow hoof carehoof stone removalcattle lamenessveterinary podiatryhoof trimminghoof ulcerhoof blockhoof treatmentlivestock healthThe Hoof GP
