Cows are amazing animals. This steer was surviving with only one lung and several liters of pus. What a legend. After a lot of good medicine and even better care by some of my favorite vet techs, we decided to euthanize this steer.
To anyone asking if they could eat the meat, no they can't. They treated the steer with many medicines for his condition and then euthanize it so the meat is all tainted.
100% im watching this thinking, "wait.... how am i watching this like its no problem...?" i also think its the way hes talking, explaining it, its so educational, and interesting. didnt bother me one bit. I was also amazed, how he was just going in, barehanded with no issues. what a doctor/soldier
You can hear the pure respect in Doc Bergman’s voice when he says “They’re amazing animals.” That is what got me hooked on this channel. He absolutely respects the animals and it shows in these videos.
This minkia head of butcher to get noticed by women has ruined without knowing how to select the noble parts of the animal he threw up 2,500 / 3,000 $, of cow just to be the new cowboy of 2020, Obviously everyone with their own things can do what he wants, but there is an ethics towards an animal and people who do not have this luck, you are a 360 ° MINKIA HEAD for 365 days with dishonor and without respect from Italy Sicily
@@MrAndreagia Would you eat a cow that was in such poor health? No? Then shut up. He's a vet, not a butcher, and this was a necropsy for diagnosis, not to break down for food.
@@MrAndreagia Vet here. You're completely wrong my dear. For meat to be allowed for nutrition it must follow strict rules. You don't know how this cow died - maybe it died over night in its stable and they found it dead in the morning. Such meat can't be used anymore. And neither can meat from animals as sick as this one. It looks like a big waste at first, but it's not. Apart from that I don't think it's appropriate to use such language and be so disrespectful when you don't even know what you're talking about.
I’m a PACU nurse with 30 years experience. I’ve assisted with harvesting organs (from humans) without issue, but somehow….the postmortem of a cow tears me up, as I know he suffered terribly trying to breathe.
Asked the same thing about my stepfather after I saw his last set of scans. Lung cancer 30 days prior his right lung was clear then all the sudden his right lung was one solid tumor. With the left close to matching. How he was still breathing is crazy. Miss him but know now he’s not suffering.
@@EnochtheCowVet Excellent necro, why does it still "bleed" and why don't you wear gloves? I do corpses. Humans. This is Nothing like I have ever seen.
@@moniqueengleman873 pretty sure it’s still bleeding because it’s fresh but of course this is going off of my assumption that you get bodies while not fresh. I hunt using a knife and dogs so when we gut and clean the animal it usually bleeds still. Always loved watching masters cut animals like an art form. Don’t mistake me for someone who doesn’t love animals tho
First off, you need to make a video of how you get that knife so sharp. Second, I really love how educational and basic you explain these things. Great passion!
I'm a vet too and worked in a slaughter house for a few months. There was a shop close by just for such knives - they are surprisingy affordable and super sharp. Inside the slaughter house they have a grindstone to sharpen them reguarly: this way the knives get thinner and thinner, until you need a new one.
I am a nursing student trying to find whatever information I can on youtube about cardiac and respiratory conditions/ disease and I am so thankful I came across this video and got to see this process. COVID has limited nursing students in hospitals and my clinical exposure has been minimal... educational videos like these are so helpful when trying to visualize a condition. Thank you for sharing this!
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That was one of the most fascinating videos I've seen lately. Not just the surprise abscess juice in the chest cavity, but the way he handled that animal. No wasted movements and complete skill.
Poor fella, all that fluid in his chest, incredible. Thanks for filming and showing this, it's really interesting to see what goes on inside! We teach people to be squeamish, which is really unwise (silly! stupid!) because we all have innards and can't work properly without them. We should accept blood and warm squishy things as just another facet of life, 'cos that's what they are!
Thanks for the shout out to your vet techs! I'm a veterinary tech(nurse) here in the states. Did large animal work for about 8 years during college and as a tech. Hard work- yet every work shift flew by! Not a day I didn't learn something new. I still try to learn something new daily, but in the large animal vet med world, new things to learn came at you like a swarm of cicadas!
Thank you for for showing the whole necropsy. I really appreciate being able to watch something that is educational. Some people may not wish to see life (and death) in full color, but that is what scrolling is for.
That’s wild. Incredibly interesting. And I have to say your mastery of the anatomy is profound. That was probably the smoothest dissection of a large carcass that I’ve seen.
Hey so, this is off topic from the original point of this video- However, the footage of him effortlessly eviscerating the corpse is an excellent example of why someone armed with a knife will get shot instead of handled by other means. A knife is no joke.
I love how informative you are. I know that this type of content isn't for everyone, but I am really intrigued by the anatomy and your knowledge of situation. Thank you for the video and learning experience.
What a great presentation for a lung abscess! I've never seen fibrin like that and your explanation was wonderful, as it can relate to humans as well. The body---any body---is a beautiful and complex organism and it never fails to astonish, impress and make me crazy, in 50 years of medicine. Ill honor the cow for the life used for our edification and im sorry he was so very ill and in pain.😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤
Doc it’s hard for me to hear you. I love cows and I cried to see this poor thing dead. I take it you are doing an necropsy? Just watched the video straight through. I wanted to reach through and hold this poor cow. My heart hurts for those who are sick or lame.
Amazing to see this. Thank you for sharing. I know you mentioned it could be a week for the fluid to build up, but with the disintegration of the lung, how long could this take and how quickly would the pus congeal like it did? Also does it depend on the Bull as to how much fluid would be present? Thanks in advance for answering x
That was fascinating!! I'm bummed that the video cut off just when you got to the lung cheese! Years ago, I assisted a necropsy on my mate's stillborn colt. Didn't get an answer, but it was fascinating
Mike, pretty basic necropsy knife. This one is specifically a Mundial, made in South America. The key is to use your steel before and after and to always cut from below the hide rather than through hair. Hair dulls the knife dramatically. Cheers!
First off -- DAMN that's one helluva knife! My inner Boy Scout leader approves of your knife safety and instruction! Second -- this is fascinating, thank you for sharing! It's interesting to see the inner workings of these magnificent animals, and your careful handling of the post mortem made that possible. I'm sorry that this poor guy was so sick, but I'm grateful that he was still able to serve an educational purpose. Cheers from Detroit, MI USA!
I am a nurse educator in critical care and this was fascinating. I was amazed by the respect you paid the animal and your skill with the knife, you are obviously a gifted surgeon. Do cows get ARDS like humans? Also was that a massive pleural effusion?
Absolutely love this channel. Although after cooking some hotdogs in water the other night, all I could think about was willy washing when I gave my dogs the water. I think I am corrupted for life or my brain is. Absolutely one of your biggest fans.
Certainly not eaten by humans or animals. Some farms have "offal pits" a hole where dead animals are buried. Looks like dry ground, so it might be dragged to a far corner of the farm to dry out, or if they are close to town, it might get collected.
I've been seeing lots of files from bovines autopsies, its great to see how its done. This man is passionate about his work - and its teuly heartbreaking to imagine the suffering this animal endured before :/
All things considered, all the rest of him looks surprisingly healthy. You didn't let him get too far losing weight before you put him to bed. Thanks for providing end of life care for a creature and giving him a kind and timely ending that will also contribute positively to the welfare of other animals.
@@ReSearcherSusie there are a duzen of diseases cows could transmit to humans. Have you heard of Hendra? It was with horses but the veterinarians that did the post mortum were the first infected and some died.
TIL more about the practical, physical effects of edema on the inside of a mammal than I thought I would. It's one thing to know 'this is the swelling you get when lymph gets into your tissues', and another to see exactly how the cow *died*, and that edema was a big honkin road sign to major problems. Educational!
What was done with the carcass afterward? Surely it can’t be sold for human consumption, but can it be fed to other animals such as pigs? Or does it get composted?
What typically is done with the carcass after an autopsy ? Would it be left to decompose or take someplace else and if someplace else what would they do with it? I’ve watch a few cattle vets do on site autopsies but wondered what happened next.
I thought they drag it away and either dig a deep hole and put the animals in the hole ,or I've also heard they just drag it off and leave it above ground, for other animals to feed off of the poor thing ,im glad the cow is out if it's misery and I know exactly what it feels like not to be able to breath and I got my results back on my lungs and I'm terrified, I have nodules and emphysema ,I'll be 54yrs old on September 18th, I still have to go see a pulmonary Dr and a cardio Dr, I was a cigarette smoker since the age of 13yrs old I hope I can have them removed and no cancer is visable to the naked eye, emphysema on top of the findings of nodules, and 😢I could use a few prayers that the drs can take the nodules out before they turn into cancer ,I'm hysterical and just got this news 2 weeks ago ,I had held off on googling the information, and I never should have done that ,I have PTSD and have been having major panic attacks and anxiety, I am praying for myself and others that have worse news that I just got ,oh heavenly father/ Great Creator keep me healthy 😢. Thank u for reading my whole text message ,I appreciate it on terrified!
I have to ask what happens to the cow after this ? I mean is the meat still good does it get discarded can it be used to feed other animals ? I’m just curious and I hope this question doesn’t seem weird
What if I wanted to do this to a person? While they were still alive. What would you advise? What would be my first step? I'm just a beginner looking to get my feet wet.
