Waterbelly

Mrmoe

Has anyone ever had an experience with waterbelly? Had a case last week in a calf. Never had a case before not even my father ever had one.

funny man

yea had a lovely fr heifer born with it some years ago, died after a few days.

dar31

its a new one to me,
what exactly is it
cheers

whelan1

dar31 wrote: »

its a new one to me,
what exactly is it
cheers

glad you asked is it where the calf's belly is full of fluid when it is being born? thus making it difficult to calve

Bizzum

whelan1 wrote: »

glad you asked is it where the calf's belly is full of fluid when it is being born? thus making it difficult to calve

I never heard of it either, but now I'm intrigued, tell me more..........
Does the calf usually survive? Causes etc.

Mrmoe

whelan1 wrote: »

glad you asked is it where the calf's belly is full of fluid when it is being born? thus making it difficult to calve

Bizzum wrote: »

I never heard of it either, but now I'm intrigued, tell me more..........
Does the calf usually survive? Causes etc.

I think that is exactly it. My father was calving the cow, couldn't bring it sought the help of a neighbor, no luck, broke calving jack, phoned vet, no luck there either. The vet had to make an incision in the calf which caused a pool of yellowish brown fluid to flow out. It didn't survive but was alive at the start. From what I have read it is usually bull calves that are affected. I think it is due to the formation of kidney stones which cause the bladder to rupture and urine to leak into surrounding tissues. The calf when it was pulled was like a deflated balloon. Cow is doing well though.

C0N0R

Yeah had a case of it over here on the last farm I was on, first time I'd heard of it.

Min

Thanks for the explanation, never heard of it and hope I don't again!