Deformed Back Legs?

[Trixie Club Calves]

Anyone have experience with deformed back legs? This heifer was born late last night. We had to bring her in cause she got so cold, tubed her and she warmed up after a while and was super alert. Standing, trying to walk around. Her hocks pretty much bend the wrong way, one is way worse than the other. Took her to the vet and she got her worse leg splinted. Walking a lot better now. Has anyone ever dealt with something like this?

 

[hntwhitetail]

DS?

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

DS?

We’ve never had a DS before so I don’t know what DS looks like. But it’s possible…

 

[TexasRedsAndShorties]

We’ve never had a DS before so I don’t know what DS looks like. But it’s possible…

I would strongly advise you to make sure you test your cows for it asap as it is pretty severe in my opinion (BUT AS I SAID it may be fixable I’m not heavy into clubbies) and some of these diseases can actually kill your donor be careful what bulls you select assuming you are breeding clubby- on the other end I would give calf some selenium and try to keep it up and going I don’t deal with clubbies but I do have one shorthorn and have done some research on the matter my knowledge is limited but the selenium is some good advice I’ve heard that supposedly can help a bit with structural issues

 

[TexasRedsAndShorties]

https://www.steerplanet.com/threads/what-is-th-pha-ds-cattle-trait.70959/ Old thread but I think it can be useful and I encourage you especially to do some research on this to save yourself some heartache and money

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

I would strongly advise you to make sure you test your cows for it asap as it is pretty severe in my opinion (BUT AS I SAID it may be fixable I’m not heavy into clubbies) and some of these diseases can actually kill your donor be careful what bulls you select assuming you are breeding clubby- on the other end I would give calf some selenium and try to keep it up and going I don’t deal with clubbies but I do have one shorthorn and have done some research on the matter my knowledge is limited but the selenium is some good advice I’ve heard that supposedly can help a bit with structural issues

All of my cows are tested for TH, PHA, and DS. And if we don’t have results before breeding I only breed them to something triple clean.

I keep meaning to send off blood on this specific calf to see if she is indeed DS positive or not.

 

[AngusOne]

All of my cows are tested for TH, PHA, and DS. And if we don’t have results before breeding I only breed them to something triple clean.

I keep meaning to send off blood on this specific calf to see if she is indeed DS positive or not.

Do you have a side profile picture? If there is Angus lineage CA would be another possibility. I couldn’t really get an idea of if that would be a good match for your calf from the rear shot.

Here’s an image of severe presentation of CA. It seems to run through mostly descendants of Premier Independence, with Bon View Bando 598 being one of the most influential.



I have also seen potential deformities caused by the dam ingesting lupine. Not all species are toxic or specific to Crooked calf disease. Species associated with it are: L. caudatus, L.latifolius, L. laxiflorus, L. sericeus, L. sulphureus. Lupine is a perennial or annual herbs in the legume family with characteristics palmate leaves. Each leaf has 6-9 narrow leaflets. The flowers are white to blue/purple, pea-like, produced at the end of branches. Seeds are produced in pea-like pods. It is distributed throughout North America, with regional specificity to different species.

 

[AngusOne]

I have also seen potential deformities caused by the dam ingesting lupine. Not all species are toxic or specific to Crooked calf disease. Species associated with it are: L. caudatus, L.latifolius, L. laxiflorus, L. sericeus, L. sulphureus. Lupine is a perennial or annual herbs in the legume family with characteristics palmate leaves. Each leaf has 6-9 narrow leaflets. The flowers are white to blue/purple, pea-like, produced at the end of branches. Seeds are produced in pea-like pods. It is distributed throughout North America, with regional specificity to different species.

 

[mospoel]

This past year we had a heifer born with windswept syndrome. Both hind legs were curved sideways. Within a month they were fairly normal. Now you can't tell. The vet says it was how she was carried in the womb. The mom was a first time heifer and the calf had long legs!

Give calf a couple weeks, she should get stronger.

 

[Trixie Club Calves]

It’s not letting me upload any pictures. She’s 8-9 months old now, she’s 97% straight and has been doing great.

I was gonna show her, but when she was kept up in a pen her legs started getting wonky again, so now she’s just chilling out with the other heifers we’re keeping back.

We’re pretty much thinking she was just positioned weird in the womb but who really knows lol