Nice to see a responsible drain , numbing, cleaning area. Not just jamming an exacto knife in with no sedative or lidocaine like so many other videos I’ve seen. Thanks Doc and the owners who made sure it was done the right way.
Yes, this is REAL vet care done humanely and in as aseptic a way as possible. The cow appears nice and clean as does the barn. Congrats and best wishes for the cow's full recovery.
Hands down one of the best ones I’ve seen! Clean, professional and compassionate...I’m not a peta member I drink milk and eat meat however there’s no need to be an ass while caring for them!
@MirJayAnt MOR ☆ I agree with you wholeheartedly. This vet is the only one I've seen that actually clips the hair and sterilizes the area he will be working on. All the others I've watched just stab the animal. I'm disgusted by the way they treat their "patients." They show a huge lack of compassion or empathy for the animal they are working on. I often wonder if the "Drs" are even licensed to treat the animals.
Same here I’ve seen some very barbaric abscess drainage done on cattle and cows . It’s sad glad he shaved it and gave it a local . Usually large operations just stick with a pocket knife or designated poker and walk away.
@@matthewrowell5973 ~ This vet group gives top-notch care; everytime I've watched one of their videos. It's too bad all "farm animal" vets don't treat their patients with the same care & respect. 😟😢
Loved when the chunks plugged the incision and Vet had to go in and take out the bigger chunks so they wouldn't plug the hole. So satisfying to watch this done with care and compassion. Would watch videos from this Vet all day long. And the chunkier the better!!!
I wish there was some audio, but others wise, you have done a fantastic job! I know for a FACT that the cow felt such relief! We need more vets like you in this world! 👏👍
Wow, this cow was so well taken care of. The other drainage videos of cattle I've seen look rather brutal. This vet obviously has a lot of compassion & it's wonderful to witness :)
bnenomore ~ I couldn't have said it better. To tell you the truth, as if I would lie, I was just getting ready to post almost the same thing!! This group of vets are so kind & gentle with the animals that they are treating. The farmer gets a gold star from me for using this group of vets. I have watched a fair share of these videos and cannot stand to see the other vets (if that is really what they are) just stick a knife into the abscess while the animal bucks and tries to get away. No animal should be subjected to such cruelty!!
For all the comments asking how the owner let the abscess get so bad, it's possible that this was the only time they could have an actual vet come look at it If they're out far somewhere there may not be any vets qualified to drain an abscess of this size Rather than trying to do it themselves and possibly causing more harm, they waited until a professional could tend to it which is better than the backyard surgeries I've seen animals have to endure Also abcesses usually start off small before swelling over a short time period
^ This. I've literally seen things get like this overnight. I have no idea how ungulates manage to do it, but they can make a LOT of pus, VERY quickly!
@@KrimsonKataclysm An abscess is usually caused by an injury which allows bacteria to get under the skin. This can be small, like a scratch or a bite, or a part of a larger injury. At least, that's my understanding.
I was just thinking the same. There must have been so much pressure and then suddenly drrrrrrrrrraaaaaain. I am sure the cw was thinking something like Uuuuuuaaaaaaaaaaaa, that's the stuff.
Oh, that poor girl...it really is amazing just how quickly these abscesses can form. I've seen a cow go from perfectly normal to giant, swollen and begging to be drained like this in as little as 48 hours.
@@glowilk5377 they could have a fall, be kicked by another cow, bump herself, even ingrown hairs. So many ways to start them. They don't always get this big though.
We had a cow who formed an abcess due to a snake having bitten her. Brought her down from the mountain, it was drained (quite a lot) and she healed up just fine. She is still in one of the herds.
This cow got as good a treatment as a human would. Vet seems to be very caring & knowledgeable. Poor animals can’t verbalize their pain. This vet took time to make sure wound area was as clean & sterile as you can get in a barn. Hope the lady cow feels better
Poor girl! I've had an abscess before and it feels so toxic, there really no other way to describe it. I also had to have a nurse come out daily for three weeks changing my dressing and packing the 10cm hole in my back. She would have instantly felt so much better once it started coming out. Beautifully clean and careful care of this poor girl!! Hope she recovered 100% 🧡🐄
So so gratifying to see a cow a farm animal getting totally professional care right down to the cleanup when the vet was through! 😉 Better than the usual hack jobs!!
It looks to be a Holstein heifer which would most likely be for milking. Some smaller dairies prefer to try to let abscesses naturally come to a head and drain on their own but when they get bad they'll call in a vet.
michelleml5791 he better be doing a professional job, he is advertising keeboVet suppliers of very fine. Vet instruments. Just sayin. He always does a wonderful job. Wish the video had sound.
Maybe because he made the incision on the lower portion of the abscess, stood back a bit, and let gravity do its job. While working in the hospital ,an abscess draining or thoracentesis was always performed at the lowest spot for drainage. 💙
Great vet. Anesthetic given before incision was made shows excellent care and compassion. Animals need more of that. Farmer appears to be a good one as the cow is so clean. Good jobs!
I have watched alot of videos from the Keebovet and I am impressed. You are so kind to the animals, you numb them when needed, you are thorough and clean with a wash in the beginning. I enjoy your videos. Keep it up.
such a caring vet. I'm assuming those first few syringes were numbing medicine and i feel most farm vets won't use any numbing meds when doing a procedure like this so i applaud you!
This was by far the most impressive bovine abscess drainage I've ever seen. Using the hemostats to widen the wound and allow it to drain more, the method of flushing, and even going so far as to pack it. You usually only see this kind of care taken with human patients.
I must say, thank God there are more sanitized & humane procedures to treat a HUGE abscess on a HUGE animal! Bravo for excellence all the way around! This is the first large farm animal abscess I’ve seen so properly treated. Thank you to the OWNER of this cow! More should be as responsible & thorough. Thank you for everything we’ve seen in this vid. My friend’s father is a large animal vet in central PA … I’m sure he’s done many of these. 😮
I’m very empress on how u treat the animals, u shave, clean the sore, sterilize the cows, u take the animals a extra miles on how u treat them. I’ve watch other vets they don’t do half on how u take care of them. Good for you keep it up.
For sure. I had an abscess that was comparable to my mass (somewhere between grapefruit and cantaloupe) from a spider bite that popped up overnight in my teens. I went to bed with an itchy lil red bite and woke up with a third ass cheek🤦🏼♀️ The treatment was almost identical, and while the forceps digging part was hellish (gotta get all the pockets of pus out somehow) cows have a higher pain tolerance than humans, and once all the pressure and pus is gone, it hardly hurts at all. By the second day, it wasn’t really even uncomfy except when I was changing out the packing (the long strip of iodine-infused gauze inside, that wicks out any new infection and lets it heal from the bottom up instead of sealing over and refilling)
Aww poor baby! You can see how much it hurt her and how relief she starts feeling after a while! You know it's a good professional at work when they take all precautions and are careful with anesthetics and handling the open wound, as well as paying attention to the patient and their reactions.
A very human vet with a big care for animals - gloves, antibiotics, and anesthetic it seems to me. I saw worse I didn't see better. Bravo to this man and I wish him a long life in his job.
that cow is gonna feel sooo much better . ive been right next to a cow getting a similair treatment . by the way the cow was breathing you could tell it gave her a lot a relief.
Cows are tough cookies and rarely show discomfort/ pain. She did so well getting this drained and packed. The Vet used a local anesthetic and a general anesthesia to calm her down. Even with all that she was still in pain, I challenge any human that has an abscess to not kick when the injection is given and the abscess is drained. I worked on a dairy farm in my early years and witnessed this twice. It shows up in a day, it’s amazing how the cows immune system tries to get rid of the infection. I was amazed at the number of inoculations that had to be broken down. Good girl! I know she’s felling much better.
Having lived half my life on a horse and cattle ranch, I swear, it absolutely mind blowing how big these absesses can get. And how quickly they form and fill up. You do your best to take care of your stock, and keep an eye for these kinds of things, but there will always be a few here and there to slip by unnoticed from time to time, until they look like this. And having someone come out to take care of it is NOT cheap either. While hes there you normally want to have him look over any other stock that may be having issues and have him take care of it. Dealing with these absesses tho is just a fact of life in this business tho. But as bad as some of them may look, it also pretty amazing to see how much relief it brings to drain them, and how quickly they heal with some antibiotics and proper treatment and care.
I have seen a lot of these videos of cow abscess removals, and this vet is by far the kindest towards the cow's. He actually tries to numb up the are before he cuts into the abscess. I'm not talking about just shoving a needle in one spot for a second and calling it a day! No he goes around several places to try and numb the area.
Well done sir! One of the few that took the time to actually use local anaesthesia. Many vets don't bother to use local since for one, it costs the client more money and second, they think they are bovines hence tough animals (which they are)but they feel pain nonetheless. He properly disinfected the area and took his time. I understand that farmers have to meet profit margins and many would have attempted to do this themselves but this farmer was wise to call the vet out as you have to watch out for the nervous system and make sure you don't section any nerves. Besides, a cow that doesn't feel as much pain is one that is less likely to kick out and one that has a better experience with its handlers so it takes less time and you reduce the risk. It's a win win for everyone!:)
Laura Gadille ~ Simple way to tell. If they have udders they are girls. Not meant as an insult. I thought it was a cute question! You must be a city girl. 🙄
this guy is such a pro hes so quick with that needle and he does a little trick withhis fingers and pressure so the cow barely notices so nice to see the cow pain relief before the procedure instead of after it
Poor baby the vet used so much of the numbing medication but the abscess must have been so bad cause the cow still felt it sometimes. This is the only vet I'll watch do this he's so gentle and gives plenty of medication to the cows to try make sure they as comfortable as possible, and he's as gentle as he can be. I love to see animals treated with love and respect.
