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ASSISTING DIFFICULT CALVING

ASSISTING DIFFICULT CALVING. Floron C. Faries, Jr., DVM, MS Professor and Extension Program Leader Texas AgriLife Extension Service Texas A&M University System College Station, TX 77843 http://extensionvetmed.tamu.edu. STAGES OF PARTURITION. DILATION OF BIRTH CANAL EXPULSION OF CALF

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ASSISTING DIFFICULT CALVING

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  1. ASSISTING DIFFICULT CALVING Floron C. Faries, Jr., DVM, MS Professor and Extension Program Leader Texas AgriLife Extension Service Texas A&M University System College Station, TX 77843 http://extensionvetmed.tamu.edu

  2. STAGES OF PARTURITION • DILATION OF BIRTH CANAL • EXPULSION OF CALF • EXPULSION OF AFTERBIRTH • NURSING OF CALF

  3. PULL THROUGH AN ARC! • AVOID EXCESSIVE FORCE! • CALF PULLER IS DANGEROUS!

  4. DIRECTION OF PULL • THROUGH AN ARC • UP – UP – UP • DOWN – DOWN – DOWN

  5. PLACEMENT OF CHAINS • LOOP ABOVE FETLOCK • HALF-HITCH BELOW FETLOCK

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