NECROTIC COW'S HOOF | removing dead tissue from her foot — Transcript

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1. 0:00it's very unlikely that this cow will
2. 0:03recover from what you're about to see
3. 0:05this is the hoof GP
4. 0:09as we can all see straight away this
5. 0:11camera has really overgrown back feet
6. 0:14but the overgrowth is in the tour area
7. 0:17the area that I'm grinding right now and
8. 0:20that's not just because that's how cow's
9. 0:22feet grow it's because she's avoiding
10. 0:24using them if you look towards her heels
11. 0:26or the top part of her hoof as we look
12. 0:28at it now you'll see they are flat they
13. 0:32have been worn down and that's because
14. 0:34she's intentionally standing on her
15. 0:36heels more than on her toes in an effort
16. 0:39to reduce the pain from every time she
17. 0:41walks this portion here is all going to
18. 0:44come away you can see the loosen
19. 0:46detached hoof horn underneath where I'm
20. 0:48grinding right now and that yellow part
21. 0:51towards the tip where we're taking away
22. 0:53right now is serum which has been
23. 0:55seeping into the hoof horn as this hoof
24. 0:58has been bleeding as it's been growing
25. 1:05throughout this entire video be mindful
26. 1:08remember where we started with this hoof
27. 1:10it was seriously overgrown and already
28. 1:13we're making a difference but there's a
29. 1:15long way to go
30. 1:17if you look here you can see powder 2
31. 1:20foreign and that lets us know that in
32. 1:21the wild in its natural surroundings
33. 1:24this cow would shed her who Thorn down
34. 1:27to that pith that crumbly white
35. 1:29substance you can see it would all
36. 1:31depart and leave the base of the foot so
37. 1:34that means we can reduce the height of
38. 1:36this cow's feet to that level in the
39. 1:39knowledge that will be completely safe
40. 1:42this inner or closer clutches right now
41. 1:45has a cavity running right the way up
42. 1:48the front or dorsal wall of her hoof you
43. 1:51can see me opening up right now but
44. 1:53don't be misled that is not a cavity
45. 1:56limited to the tip of her toe it'll
46. 1:58extend all the way up her frontal wall
47. 2:01and that is what's causing the serious
48. 2:04pain
49. 2:10as we start to peel away these layers of
50. 2:12detached hoof horn as hoof only appears
51. 2:15to be worse and worse
52. 2:18at this point in the trim I'm not sure
53. 2:19whether or not I can do anything for her
54. 2:22but I do have my suspicions
55. 2:26[Music]
56. 2:29this is
57. 2:33dying necrosis as in necrotic as in
58. 2:36death the death of the toe or the pedal
59. 2:39bone inside this hoof capsule it's
60. 2:41become completely infested with bacteria
61. 2:44and it's decaying away it's something I
62. 2:46can't reverse but it is something that
63. 2:49can help I can make this cow much more
64. 2:52comfortable and we can start on a road
65. 2:54to recovery but it's not unfortunately
66. 2:57something that I can completely Remedy
67. 3:00by myself as you're just about to see
68. 3:03[Music]
69. 3:11[Music]
70. 3:21foreign
71. 3:25[Music]
72. 3:34is dead this is the outer wall horn and
73. 3:39we shouldn't be able to do what we're
74. 3:40doing right now by rights this should be
75. 3:43putting the cow into pain but there's no
76. 3:45flesh there anymore it's all
77. 3:47deteriorated away and we need to get rid
78. 3:50of the remaining wall horn otherwise
79. 3:52it's just a place for bacteria and dirt
80. 3:55to accumulate
81. 3:58[Music]
82. 4:01to completely heal this cow as possible
83. 4:04but not for a swift drummer like me we
84. 4:07would need to go far beyond our reaches
85. 4:09we would need to remove the outer layers
86. 4:11of Flesh and tissue that are infected
87. 4:14right now and it's just not something we
88. 4:16can do because we can't administer
89. 4:18anesthesia that is something for the vet
90. 4:20to do
91. 4:21don't get me wrong we do and have
92. 4:24regularly cured cows like this
93. 4:25unexpectedly but the best course of
94. 4:28action is for us to take away the pain
95. 4:30as much as we can and set her on the
96. 4:32right route
97. 4:33by removing these detached layers of
98. 4:36hoof horn
99. 4:38as you can see there are many this is a
100. 4:42very deep reaching infection
101. 4:47we take away as much as we possibly can
102. 4:50but don't cut into any life tissue then
103. 4:53we apply a block on this outer claw to
104. 4:55be used just like crutches that will
105. 4:58take the sore and affected claw up off
106. 5:00the ground we're gonna wrap it with
107. 5:02salicylic acid and iodine that's because
108. 5:05on almost all occasions of tonicrosis
109. 5:07treponema are present treponema are a
110. 5:10spirochet type bacteria that burrow into
111. 5:13the outer layers of Flesh it's digital
112. 5:15dermatitis that is in fact in this case
113. 5:18with and putting out in the pain she's
114. 5:20in today
115. 5:21would never fear this block is lifting
116. 5:23our foot off the ground and the bandage
117. 5:25is beginning to work its magic With a
118. 5:28Little Help from the vet this cow should
119. 5:31get over the worst of our problems for
120. 5:33now I'm just happy that we've made her a
121. 5:36little more comfortable thanks for
122. 5:38watching folks see you on the next
123. 5:40episode of the hoof GP