DL said:
You have a down cow - she has been down for 11 days - you say she responded to the treatment but if she is still down either she did not respond to the treatment or the diagnosis is incorrect - you say you have identified the problem and perhaps you have but how good can this environment be for the calf? and what about the welfare of the cow? - keeping a down cow alive, a down cow with who knows what, stating that she can't calve on her own, not knowing if it is an AI or herd bull calf, keeping her alive until "We are waiting on her to either calve (the calf is still live), or for her to go so far down that we can't get her back and c section her." is not only bad management it is bad welfare. By not doing anything you are making a huge statement - step up to the plate and do the right thing.
In my opionion the cow is doing ok. She is eating, drinking, in a barn isolated from the rest of the herd. We have spoken with a vet about the situation, and we are doing what we can. I am not a vet, and I trust the vet that I am using. The environment for our cattle is great. Irrigated pastures, alfalfa hay, proper vaccinations and worming. **** happens!! I came here for some idea as to what it might be, learn everything I possibly can, and I get crap from people who don't want to possibly help. If you are telling me that my vet is wrong in the diagnoses, why don't you offer up what it might be??
Further, when we AI, we AI in hopes that it will take. If by chance the AI doesn't take, the cow is put in with a bull no matter. The difference between a cow who is due anyday and a cow due 20 days difference is not easily told, unless you ultrasound each and every cow in your herd for the chance of them calving.