Any animal needs careful care, and care consists both in supply of water and food, and in care for health and the general state. For example, cattle it is necessary to wash and cut off hooves. Why it is necessary to be engaged in cutting?
What can lead growth of hooves to
At bulls and cows of hoof (horn wall) every new month becomes thicker and it is extended approximately on 8 millimeters. If animal honor all the carries out on pasture, fabric begins is erased, and from it there is no deformation of hooves.
In the winter, in the period of small mobility, not erased cornea can become the reason of deformation of hoof. It is very difficult to correct similar effect. Over time, if not to take any measures, the hoof will burst and be bent. It can lead to injury of legs. Processes of suppuration and inflammation are in certain cases possible.
Not to feel pain, the cow will incorrectly move that the cow on joints conducts to the wrong weight deposition of body. The general health and condition of cow worsens, she begins to eat badly and tries to lie as much as possible. As the result – approximately on 1/4 decreases amount of milk, but sometimes milk in general vanishes. Therefore there are at least 2 times a year to be engaged in cleaning and cutting of hooves.
Rules of trimming of hooves
Cutting will require two-three persons. The animal needs to be tied the shortened rope to feeding trough. Someone has to hold leg of cow, having bent it in joint, and other person has to be engaged in cutting and cleaning of kopytets. If during implementation of this procedure by the person injuries of skin or fabrics are found, then it is necessary to process them iodine.
With hind legs of cow everything is much worse. For cutting it is necessary to bring down cow what requires three persons. It is necessary to do it with care as it is difficult to bring down cow, and it can sometimes injure it.
Tools and processing
The main tool is the knife for hooves, sharp knife and scissors. If cutting of hooves happens already not for the first time, it is possible to use mill. The first that needs to be made – to compare the sizes of hooves on paws. It is simple – to measure enough distance from hook to nimbuses.
It is necessary to begin cutting with the highest hoof. For a start it is necessary to remove the plane (the mill is used) on this hoof, and the plane has to go perpendicular to axis. Correctly performed operations are podtverit by the white line on hoof. Also in process it is possible to get rid of all defects in sole. As a result thickness of sole will be equal to 3-5 millimeters. It is necessary to get over on the second, third and fourth hoof further and to cut off them on the same algorithms.
To get rid from it is unnecessary corneas, it is enough to use hoofed knife. During this process it is necessary to create hole (that is bias between hooves). It is possible to check work by means of special form.