An Alien invaded one of my heifers teats

The twin to the heifer I have is alive and doing well. The twin is a heifer. They were going to check her over to see if she had anything strange on her as well, the person who raises the calves up to 100 days for them said she didn't remember her with anything.


The vet did get word back from Cornell, and the person out there who is 80, and been doing this for 60 years hasn't seen anything like it. He thinks it could be something genetic, her teats formed this strange growth. We aren't done yet with info. Our vet is going to talk to a bovine surgeon to find out what could be done, or if he has seen it. So we shall see.

Also, I did look at each one of their teats now that I remember back in March or so. Nothing strange, and this seemed to have manifested sometime after September, because I noticed it a couple weeks back.


Jeff

How old is your heifer? I was thinking it could be something that's occurring to her teats as she matures, a hormonal thing that as she is maturing the teat tissue is sabnormally growing... that was my first thought. Excessive sensitivity of the growing tissue to the hormones of maturity?

Does that make sense?
Keep us posted!

Susie

That could very well be the case, some sort of imbalence that is causing the abnormal tissue growth. I know their udders develop in different ways, perhaps she is a late developer, and in turn is growing the way she is. If it isn't something that is a danger to the others (I doubt it is), ill let her stay here for a while, and do what is needed in the spring. Unless I get some spare cash, and find myself a replacement for her next October.




Jeff

Ive seen that on cows who have stepped on their own teats while getting up, but your heifer's udder isnt big enough for that. I dont know what to tell you but I would be interested in the answer if you get one