Calf With Broken Back Leg

Have calves with broken legs attended to as soon as possible.

Calf with broken back leg. The vet had Dad weld him a metal frame to go around his cast to provide extra support. A very young calf with a broken leg will be content in confinement. The best way to do this is to lay the calf on its side and start feeling up the leg starting at the foot.

This isnt rocket science. I hate seeing a broken leg on a calf. So sad but part of farm life.

Make sure the splint is a little longer then the calves leg so that the calf will have to walk on the splint instead of its leg. He had to stay in the stall 6 or 8 weeks. Also called calf muscle strains this injury can involve mild overstretching or complete tearing of the muscle.

I took a pool noodle100 at DG cut it in two so the pipe fit in it and wouldnt cause irritation. We had a similar situation with a cow who broke her leg one night. If there is a break youll feel it.

Ultimately we had to put her down. Rubbing of the broken ends against each other scrapes off the periosteum thin outer surface of the bone which is where bone deposition comes from. For a temporary splint one of the best things to put around the leg might be a thick magazine secured with duct tape or PVC pipe cut lengthwise as long as there is enough padding around the leg under the pipe or the magazine he explains.

We have a week old calf with a broken leg. It appears that the calf is not in pain and otherwise in good condition and gaining weight. But conditions that affect the blood vessels nerves or tissues that surround your calf muscles can be painful as well.