CANBERRA: A prized cow that lost a leg in a farm accident in Australia may soon be walking back on all four hooves after medical experts offered to help its owner find an artificial leg.
Farmer Geoff Heazlewood began the search for a new leg for his breeding Jersey Theresa two months ago after the cow fell down a river bank and broke its leg, forcing vets to amputate the limb between the knee and ankle.
Theresa is a prized breeding cow at Heazlewood’s stud farm in the southern island state of Tasmania, with genetic lines from Canada, and the farmer said he was determined to get the animal back on four hooves.
“I just want to try and do the best I can for the animal,” Heazlewood told Reuters. He said prosthetic legs were common for dogs and cats and were worth trying for a cow.
“The cow is perfectly well,” he said, adding that Theresa was able to hobble around her paddock despite losing the limb.-—Reuters
