Cow gets a leg-up

A prized dairy cow is putting her best foot forward again after an Australian-first effort to fit a prosthetic limb.

Latrobe dairy farmer Geoff Heazlewood admits it was just a whim when he suggested Theresa, a two-year-old heifer, get an artificial leg.



Last weekend Theresa was fitted with a new leg, just three months after one of her rear legs was amputated after a fall down an embankment.

A week after fitting the artificial leg, made of timber and fibreglass, everything is going well.

Mr Heazlewood said the cow seemed to take a few minutes to get used to the new leg, but had adjusted fairly well.