Harry has been with us almost a year, he is dead set legend! This was his first C-section. The student is Toni, and now she works for us! Welcome Dr. Toni!
I have been a vet for over 25 years, done my share of LA but now 98% SA. Still love watching all your videos, keep up the great work and educating the much needed next generation!
It is about 20 years since I have helped the vet with a c-section on a cow, helped on many over the few years I worked there. It is amazing being able to help the cow and calf. One time the calf had just died before we finished the cut on the uterus, we were too busy trying to revive the calf and the cow tried to lie down, I just caught her half way down! It was an interesting experience with intestines in my arm covered in wood shavings from the ground. We spent a long time getting all the bedding cleaned off and feared it would be bad. We used excessive amounts of iodine & water to wash it off the best we could. Surprisingly she healed with no problems compared to all the other c-sections. That experience reminded me to never give up on any animal and to try your best to help them if at all possible. Thank you for all your amazing videos, really love watching and learning.
Your videos make me wish I was able to study vet medicine! You really are a great teacher Dr Enoch, your balance of throwing your students in the water and letting them swim for themselves while providing enough support and remaining chilled out enough to keep them assured is something I wish more teachers could master. It's so much fun to watch your students learn from you. Thank you for not only putting knowledge in my noggin, but a smile on my face too! 🙂 And great job Harry (and Toni), what a stellar effort! Thank you for letting random internet strangers learn through you!
Fascinating and extremely informative. Congrats to all the Vet students for a job well done. It seems easy when you are being trained by the best Vet in Australia.👏
Seeing all these keyboard warriors in the comments, ya all would never last two seconds on a ranch hah. Well done on his first C section, great to see that the calf made it, given the weather we've had here in australia and lost cattle due to floods it's always great to see a new addition. Great tutorage, especially with showing technics to ensure there is enough space for the calf to be extracted with minimal/no tears to the cow. Lil education for the karen's in the comments: drain points, anit biotics, pain killers, topical solutions spray + ongoing care from the farmer will 100% ensure both mother and calf will survive and thrive. You have no idea the lengths farmers go to, to ensure each animal survives, the animals are their lively hood. Field c-section for stock is a standard affair and happens, it's part of the daily life of farming (has been since forever). As these are naturally prey animals they are designed to recover from these kinds of wounds as is....I've seen ones where wild dogs have taken a chunk out of it's hide right down to the bone, some anti biotics, patch up from the vet and tlc and they were still kickin 2 years later.
I made a little comment but yours is much more thorough. There's a duality of ranch life-- people think you would never do something like this if you cared for your animals, but caring for the animals is exactly why this procedure is being performed. Everyone I know who has worked with ranch animals absolutely adores them. I think of this kind of procedure as an act of kindness, not cruelty.
The handful of negative comments have surprised me on this one! I guess that’s part of why I set up the channel, so many folks have very little understanding of the jobs we do! Cheers!
Anyone out there who can answer a few questions? This is cool to watch! 1) What about gloves? Maybe it’s just too much blood and mess that gloves may not even help and perhaps could even hinder. 2) How is there no major risk of infection with her insides sitting on that dirty ole green gate thing? Idk how you’d have a clean enough environment out there but where else would you do it 🤷🏼♀️so fascinating. 3) Will she be able to calf again? 4) How will she fare with all that blood loss? 5) Lastly will she be able to take care of her calf and all that too? Sorry, my career is very different than yours lol but it’s so interesting!
1 while Enoch's main reason for not using gloves, is a dislike of unnecessary landfill. 2 After this kind of surgery, a cow is typically put on a course of antibiotics. 3 she will probably be able to calve again. 4 while this looks like a lot of blood, it's actually negligible, for a cow. 5 yes, she'll be to take care of the calf, though, occasionally, after a couple C section, they do reject the calf.
@@alistairclement4239 thanks for taking the time to answer. I saw them rinsing hands throughout in water w/disinfectant, so gloves would seem to be an annoyance anyway I’d imagine. I also saw him give her a big ole dose of antibiotics, and figured she’d be on a round of them, but still wondered about the dirty green thing. Seems like it’d be good to wash that thing down first, but what do I know!🤷🏼♀️ Also figured there could be the chance she’d reject her calf. Thanks a lot for responding!!
Y'all did 👍 You remind me of a great vet from home. You know how things work for you and you are willing to try. No matter how a new life comes into this glorious world it warms straight to the soul
Dad always had sling straps to keep a cow standing. Shame when a c section is needed. I had a c section local and epidural I still felt all the pull of my insides. I pity the poor mamma. That’s a heavy baby to lift wow. Great job hope mamma heals well without complication.
I can feel her pain 😢 . Because I have 5 limits, C-section to bring my 5 kids to this world. God blessed all the mothers in this world. I pray she gets a speedy recovery and enjoys her bady❤🙏🫶
I had *one* C-section, with an epidural that numbed my legs not my abdomen. When I described the surgery to a doctor many years later, his jaw was on the floor. He said "You *felt* that?!" I told him I most certainly had, and he better make sure I didn't feel the surgery he was about to perform. My daughter is an only child!
@leeannjohnson1808 wow. The only problem I had with my C-section after surgery I got itching all over my body and Dr don't know why but I suffered each of my C-section. I'm so sorry for your numerous and thank you Jesus for your healing 🙏 ❤️ 💐🥰
Ah, the "experts" who tell the professionals what to do. This was an instructional video from real life. The trolls always know better. That was an excellent procedure, especially for a first time. His suturing looked great. Let the professionals do their work. I get the same in my work. Everybody knows my job better than me, because their google search always trumps my study and experience. Stay in your mom's basement in your jammies, and let the real work be done.
Sad how people keep commenting that no care of her pain was taken and no gloves. Right at the beginning it is stated the cow received a peritoneal nerve block. Similar to an epidural or spinal block women get for their c-section. As for gloves, hardly practical when the whole arm is going to be covered. Additionally, I feel certain both the surgical area and the Vet were cleaned thoroughly. So, what exactly, do people think is going to be transmitted.
gruesome but very informative for young vets in training amazing upload not everyones cup of tea but for education this is outstanding video well done i love this channel
What's wrong with people in the comments acting like they know everything. Vets spend years studying animal anatomy, physiology and pathology. They aren't waiting for someone in the comments to teach them how they do their job.
that was amazing. thank you for showing the entire surgery--guts and all. way back when i was a vet tech. surgery was probably my favorite. but with small animal, no matter what happened on the inside the skin sutures had to be pretty.
As someone who has helped out at over 100 of these c sections, you don't let the calf collapse out of side banging head on the ground. Also the calf bag was hitting off side of gate before sewing. Sloppy in places guys. Why is the calf being left on sandy soil, this can be obstructive to their breathing.
It's funny how this is really no different from a human c section, just from the side. For those asking, gloves and gowns are pointless in this non sterile environment. Bacteria immediately cover all surfaces including gloves because it's not a sterile operating room in a hospital. There is a basin of antiseptic wash that is used regularly in all his procedures. The point is to get in and out as fast as possible and treat the cow with antibiotics and pain meds post op.
That's a lot of insides on the outside.. Crazy that she'll be back to normal soon like nothing happened. I heard you say you're giving antiinflammatories and saw you give her antibiotics, but what about some pain medication? I can't imagine the amount of pain she'll be in when that nerve blocker wears off.
@@ouuuaburger2093 😂😂😂 nah, way past being a child, however I do have a few interconnected medical issues that cause sleep difficulties, getting to sleep, staying asleep and getting quality sleep. So if I watch something too late like this video I probably won’t sleep at all, just like last night, no sleep at all. Alas, I won’t lose any sleep over your childish comment
How did i get here? What a procedure, it's incredible that's an amazing job done by the vets saving that she cow and ensuring everything is properly done and she can conceive again
I feel like I learn more from my own research than I did when I was in highschool and they were teaching surgeries and anatomy and whatnot. I know how human cesareans work and now I know how cow cesareans work (minus extensive research about specifics) I’m not even going to med school or anything but I feel like information like this (and maybe even simply desensitizing myself to the gore of some real life situations might help me not panic when in dire situations) and other things I’ve researched on my own are very good things for me to know
The antibiotic injection she was given will 100% take care of that. Plus it's not just going to be that one shot of antibiotic. He's leaving the owner some antibiotics and inflammatory enough for a good 7 days. Or until the stitches come out I get what you're saying, tho it really wasn't a sterilized, environment to do that but it's better than in the open field, where she can't get away. Well done kiddo! If I need any sewingdone, I'll give you a ring !!!!
She will be absolutely fine, the key is to work quickly and to minimize contamination of the abdomen. Our hands and arms are scrubbed up before the procedure. Gloves are would only leak, tear, and prolong the procedure as well as add to landfill unnecessarily. Cheers!
Amazed the patience the vet has continually answering each repetitive question about the lack of gloves etc. Too bad the viewers don't read a few comments regarding the field surgery process first. Think I'd get testy explaining not using gloves a multitude of times.
i don't know that i'll ever be in a position to do this, but i find it incredibly informative. your videos go a long way to providing a real look into procedures outside the classroom!
Thank you for sharing. There's a lot of dumb folks who know nothing or gwt upset tjat they saw blood in a video that would obviously include it, so for those of us here to learn, we are grateful
came here after reading about belgian blues which apparently more often needs c-sections. It says in the article it can survive 6-7 operations. I wouldn't put a poor cow through that 6 times!!. Anyways, i'm glad educational videos like this one is available online
@Enoch -Sir, you amaze me! Love your sense of humor. “Not coming out the back door.” 😂 Love the calm & reassuring way you teach your students. Great job to all involved! How did you end up in Australia?🇦🇺 Mad respect! Wishing you all all the best for 2024! ❤
It’s amazing what they can do that with a cow still standing and she feels no pain. And if they wouldn’t have done that to her. I don’t think she or the calf would have made it, that was one HUGE CALF!!!
Dear Toni, Your scissors/clamp have come perilously close to Harrys face a few times during this video. I was happy to see his face did not look like the cows side by the end.
excellent cesarian calf delivery # excellenlty cut the external oblique, then internal oblique muscle then peritonium then uterine wall & removing calf then closing all layers # i believe lumber L 1 to L6 anesthesia was administered along with abdominal wall local anesthesia # NSAID , Ketoprofen or Meloxicam should have been administered after surgery # antimicrobial i believe was Doxycycline plus Tylosin or enrofloxacin # 👍👍 ❤️ 🇵🇰
@mariola5407 gloves are waste of time, you're whole arm is in there. They can also come off or tear, very easily. As regards antiseptic, read the title very, very carefully.
I don't know how Harry could hold that needle. I would think it would be slippery with all the blood. His hands must have been tired with all that stitching. Nice job. I will say the finished incision looks a bit like a purse I have with that stitching.
As I love animals, I kept goat and Chicken, and dog 🐕 you can say that I am a animals lover 💘 I like your video which is very very informative and learning,
Great work done but you should sprinkle antiseptic powder after suturing the uterus it may leads to peritonitis and endo metritis. Hope early and healthy recovery. ❤❤❤
