How do huge cow abscesses form? Sometimes from a huge hematoma. Pretty bloody wild regardless!

This little weaner has probably been ridden by his mates and developed a huge hematoma which probably started on his back and extended down his leg as it headed ventral (down) looking for a way out. Left to its own devices, being anerobic (no oxygen and stale blood) it would likely have eventuated in a big abscess and a sick calf. We collected a needle aspirate to ascertain what we were dealing with (and he had a bit of a kick) then once we realized it was a hematoma we created a ventral incision to drain it. But then... the fibrin clots were plugging the drain (so to speak). He sure looked happier by the time we finished!

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