5 Downers due to Musculo-skeletal and Nervous Disorders

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So, greetings to every veterinarians. I welcome you all to this fifth lesson of downer cow due to musculoskeletal and nervous disorders. The previous lesson we have seen about the various etiological factors of I mean the downer cow due to other etiological factors like peritonitis and botulism, septicemia due to Mastitis and all.

In this lesson we will be seeing exclusively regarding the musculoskeletal nervous disorders. See in this picture so already we have seen the previous lessons like how to treat hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia hypokalemia and all the other conditions. Already you have given calcium, Phosphorus, potassium, everything and all the animal recovered everything, but the animal is still in recumbency you cannot able to make the animal stand. So here what you have to do you have to make the animal lift the animal and stand make it stand for one time and see the posture so that you can easily identify the which nervous system, which nervous musculoskeletal disorder is there very easily you can identify. For example in this case in this picture you can see this animal the animal is the left hand limb is abducted. The outward extension of the left hind limb is noticed. So you can easily identify this is a case of clear case of hip dislocation. By seeing this posture you can easily identify this is a case of hip dislocation. In the previous classes I have already told how to identify the stifle dislocation, if dislocation is by clinical examination you do the clinical examination and correlate and you can easily diagnose it. And here this picture you can able to see the outward extension of the hind limb is there so the right hand limb is here in this picture the right hand limb is affected and the abduction of the right hand limb by seeing this we can easily identify this is the stifle dislocation of the right hind limb. And here the stifle joint injury because of the stifle joint injury the animal is the lateral deviation of the left left hind limb and the abduction of the left hand limb is there so you do the clinical examination keep your hand on the stifle joint and flux it and see any crepitation is there or not and identify the stifle injury.

Here also the animal is having the abduction of the towards the right side so this is also a case of stifle injury. And this video you can able to see the stifle joint injury the animal is having the lateral deviation of the right hand limb and it’s a clear indication so it’s not a case of hypocalcemia or hypokalemia and All, it’s a purely a case of stifle injury due to musculoskeletal disorder, and again I am showing this video in this lesson you can able to flux the hind limb you can able to flux a hind limb, I mean the left hand limb is affected and when you lift to the hind limb it should not go for 90 degree angle deviation. If it is going for 90 degree angle deviation it is a clear case of stifle dislocation. So very easily you can diagnose and you can say the prognosis for these type of Cases. This picture you can able to see the both the hind limbs are extended towards the elbow, so in this animal both the hind limbs are extended towards the elbow it is a clear case of Obturator Nerve Paralysis. Obturator Nerve Paralysis usually occurs during the time of Calving. prolonged calving period or a very big fetus may injure the Obturator Nerve and it will lead to this type of Posture. Animal won’t get up irrespective of all the treatment the animal won’t respond to any type of treatment. Both the hind limbs will be extended towards the elbow region, it’s a clear case of obturator Nerve Paralysis. See in this picture also you can able to identify the both the hand limbs extended towards the elbow region.

And this picture you can able to see both the hand limbs are extended outward and unable to abduct so, it’s a clear case of obturator nerve paralysis. In abductor muscle paralysis also this type of clinical science will be noticed. And when you are lifting the animal and keeping the animal in the sling both the abduction of the both the hand limbs will be noticed in case of obturator Nerve Paralysis the both the high limbs normally both hind limbs should be very it should be within a small gap should be there. If there is abduction of both the hind limbs that indicates after obturator Nerve Paralysis. so it will take a long time you have to keep the animal in the sling and go for the physiotherapy slowly the animal will recover in such a cases. Here in this case you can able to see there is a huge swelling in the thigh region and when you make the animal lift the animal cannot be able to bear the weight on the fetlock or the foot the animal is bearing the weight on the hog joint the hog giant resting on the ground is a clear indication of Gastrocnemius Muscle Rapture. So, you can tell the prognosis when you lift the animal the animal will bear the weight on the hog joint, the hog joint touching the ground or hog joint resting on the ground is a clear case of gastrocnemius muscle rupture.

And this picture also can you can able to see the animal in the standing posture, but the hog joint is resting on the ground so it is a clear case of gastrocnemius muscle rupture. So here in this picture you can able to see the hog joint is dropped, Dropped Hock with the Partial Knuckling of the Fetlock. So here the Dropped Hock is that I mean the hog joint is dropped downward and the knuckling of the fetlock is there that indicates Sciatic Nerve Paralysis indicates of Sciatic nerve paralysis and in this picture the animal is put on the sling and the animal is put on the sling and the hock joint is dropped downwards so it is indication of Sciatic nerve injury and you can able to see the knuckling of the fetlock is there that’s a clear indication of Peroneal Nerve Paralysis. So, in this case it is affecting it is having Sciatic nerve injury with the peroneal nerve paralysis. So, you can manage accordingly you have to keep the animal the sling and go for physiotheropical treatment. And here in the animal is put in the sling and you can able to see the dropped elbow I mean the droopiness of the droopiness of the four limb is there, dragging of the forelimb is there, the elbow is dropped, that is a clear indication of Radial Paralysis, it’s a class of radial paralysis. See when the animal is recumbent the forelimb is extended forward so that indicates, this posture indicates of Radial nerve paralysis.

See in this picture also the extended forelimb in this Sternal Recumbency indicative of radial nerve paralysis. All these things are muscular skeletal Disorder. You have to keep the animal in the sling and you have to manage in the Sling, sling management is very very important. See in this picture there is a knuckling of the partial knuckling of the fetlock complete knuckling of the fetlock indicator of peroneal nerve paralysis. Partial knuckling of the fetlock indicator of tibial nerve injury.

See in this picture you can able to see the partial knuckling of the fetlock indicator of tibial nerve injury. Here complete knuckling of the fetlock is noticed indicative of peroneal nerve Paralysis. So these are all the musculoskeletal disorders are nervous involvement of all these downer cows so once you lift the animal in the sling and you can easily identify the posture you can manage accordingly very easily instead of going for poly pharmacy.

So here management regarding the management of downer cow you have to keep the animal in the Sandpit or floor or bedding for the Treatment, don’t keep the downer cow in the concrete floor and treat it it will be a failure one. So keep the animal in the sand pit or the bedding should be provided and treat the animal accordingly, and assisted lifting should be there assisted lifting should be there with the slings and the turn the animal side by side so every once or two hours three hours you have to turn this animal this side and that side so that the muscular ischemia, muscle ischemia and ischemic necrosis can be prevented, and the wound if there is any wound wound care management should be there and monitor the order of the downer cow daily whether it has developed Mastitis is there or not, and the formentations can be given hot formentation can be given for the affected limb, and treatment regarding the treatment we have discussed in detail in the previous lessons for example hypocalcemia you are giving calcium, for hypokalemia you are giving potassium, for hypophosphatemia you are giving Potassium, I mean hypophosphatemia you are giving phosphorus, oral supplementations you are giving and electrolyte supplementations, fluid Therapy. All these things are manageable for the downer cow syndromes and you can also go for vitamin b complex supplementations for the management of downer cow syndrome. So here you have to make the animal Lifting, lifting is very important after the treatment the animal is active and alert taking feed everything normal so you have to keep the animal you have to make the animal lift by manually and if possible you can keep the animal the sling you can able to keep the animal the sling and you go for the physiotherapy in the management of the downer cow after lifting. So, this is the movable sling so you can make the animal stand in the sling and you can see the identify the posture and manage it accordingly. We have seen in detail about the musculoskeletal and nervous disorders of various affections of downer cows in detail, and the management of the downer cows. So greetings to all the veterinarians so in this lesson of downer cow syndrome you have seen comprehensive knowledge regarding the various etiological factors. So, in the lesson previous lessons we have seen about the various classification of downer cows’ course like metabolic disorder, abdominal Dysfunction, infectious causes, Intoxication, musculoskeletal disorders, and all these things we have seen in detail. We are also seen in detail about the alert and non[1]alert downers. How we have to identify alert and non-alert downers and also later we have seen about the clinical examination of the downer cow. When the animal is brought to you how we have seen how to examine it clinically in detail we have seen and, also we have seen about the metabolic disorders of downer cows like Hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia, hypokalemia in detail under their Management, and also we have seen the downer cow due to abdominal dysfunction like peritonitis, intestinal Abstraction, ileus and hydraulics all these conditions we have seen. And also we have seen about the botulism in infectious causes we have seen about the botulism and regarding the other etiological causes of musculoskeletal disorders we have seen about the peroneal nerve paralysis, shear technology paralysis tibial Nerve paralysis and stifle dislocation and stifle injury in detail we have exam.

We have seen all these conditions and also the management of downer cows and how to put the animal in the sling management. So I hope this all this lesson would have given you the comprehensive knowledge about identifying the etiological factors of downer cow syndrome

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