calf with head twisted over back

bulldog · #1 05/30/10, 09:07 PM

Any ideas on how to treat a heifer calf who is severely twisting her head up over her back? She is only a few day old and seems to have a neurological problem. Does this sound familiar to any one, oh, she does this while standing.

tinknal · #2 05/30/10, 09:42 PM

Any chance she is blind?

Has she been exposed to lead paint or some other source of lead?

linn · #3 05/31/10, 06:46 PM

Could it be "crooked calf" disease?

http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/reposi...05p7-65490.pdf

bruce2288 · #4 06/01/10, 11:08 AM

Possible spinal or brain infection accessed through navel infection. I have seen this in sheep, outlook not good if this is the case. Antibiotics. I would call a vet as to what to use.

copperhead46 · #5 06/01/10, 11:40 AM

call the vet, a lot of times mine will tell me on the phone what is wrong, it does sound a lot like navel cord infection.