OOZING cow's hoof is given RELIEF — Transcript

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1. 0:00in this video we uncover what's causing
2. 0:02this painful
3. 0:05problem this cow was trimmed just 6
4. 0:08weeks ago and when we trimmed her last
5. 0:09time she was absolutely fine but when it
6. 0:12comes to this back right foot she now
7. 0:15has a problem this cow story is a little
8. 0:17different to what we usually see on this
9. 0:19channel you see this cow is a dry cow in
10. 0:22other words she is not milking just now
11. 0:25because she's heavily in calav and due
12. 0:27to give birth at any moment
13. 0:30when cows are as close to the point of
14. 0:32cing as this cow is Farmers give them a
15. 0:35much needed rest and some TLC so this
16. 0:38cow wasn't in with the main ha she was
17. 0:41away having some rest bite and while
18. 0:43there she's had some kind of accident
19. 0:45resulting in this cracked heel and the
20. 0:48problem we've all just seen at her toe
21. 0:51my suspicion is that the problem down
22. 0:52near the toe will link up with this heel
23. 0:54problem and right now I can see this
24. 0:56soul of her foot starting to change
25. 0:58color it's ail taale sign that
26. 1:00underneath here there's a cavity and
27. 1:03what do you know there is and it's
28. 1:06absolutely full of this
29. 1:11ooze I'm going to strip away the layers
30. 1:13of huorn covering up the cavity and the
31. 1:16problem beneath and I'm going to do it
32. 1:18as gently and carefully as I possibly
33. 1:28can
34. 1:40now that we've removed a large portion
35. 1:42of this cow so the problem is clear for
36. 1:45us all to see her entire corium is
37. 1:48infected inflamed and actually open to
38. 1:52the elements I need to wash this off so
39. 1:55that I can understand exactly what I
40. 1:56need to remove but more importantly what
41. 1:59I don't want to remove make no mistake
42. 2:02this is not a minor problem for the cow
43. 2:05this is something that will be truly
44. 2:07hurting her but luckily for the cow it's
45. 2:10also something that we've dealt with an
46. 2:12awful lot over the years so we know
47. 2:15exactly how to fix
48. 2:18it in the pursuit of the Perfect Trim
49. 2:22I've grazed her corium slightly leading
50. 2:24to a little bit of the Claret this will
51. 2:26be insignificant in her recovery and
52. 2:29overall this trim is shaping up really
53. 2:32nicely although admittedly it doesn't
54. 2:34exactly look very fancy right
55. 2:37now this block is going to take the
56. 2:39weight away from this sore affected claw
57. 2:42and the iodine will dehydrate the soft
58. 2:45exposed layers of tissue allowing new
59. 2:47hoof horn to form underneath we're
60. 2:50wrapping it with salicylic acid and this
61. 2:52biodegradable bandage so that she has
62. 2:54every possible opportunity of a full
63. 2:56recovery then all that's left to do is
64. 2:59is remove the excessive length from
65. 3:01these du claws using my trusty Nippers
66. 3:04of course this is done in an effort not
67. 3:07to attract slurry these du claws are a
68. 3:10result of evolution from cows walking on
69. 3:13soft pastures when the grass is heavy
70. 3:15with water the cow's feet will sink into
71. 3:17the soil beneath it the je claws acting
72. 3:20like an anchor and preventing them from
73. 3:22going too far into the ground in the
74. 3:24environments these cows are in there is
75. 3:26no danger whatsoever of the cow's feet
76. 3:28sinking into the gong conrete unless of
77. 3:31course it's been freshly
78. 3:34poured