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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 632588" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>No, I do not think breaking the water bag had anything to do with the death of the calf. Backwards calf can quickly "drown" during birthing. </p><p>Article from Cattlenetwork.com:</p><p>In a posterior presentation, "the calf's hips are pulled through the pelvic opening, the baby calf's tail will reach the outer areas of the mother's vaginal opening. Once a person can see the baby calf's tailhead, the umbilical vessels are being compressed against the rim of the mother's pelvic bone. The blood flow, exchanging oxygen & carbon dioxide, between calf and mother is greatly impaired, if not completely clamped off."</p><p>"Research conducted in Europe illustrates how little time it takes to compromise the calf's survivbility when the umbilical cord is clamped. These scientists studied the impact of clamping the umbilical cord for 0, 4, 6, or 8 minutes."</p><p>0 minutes - 5 calves - all 5 lived</p><p>4 minutes - 5 calves - 4 lived, 1 died</p><p>6 minutes - 3 calves - 3 died</p><p>8 minutes - 3 calves - 3 died</p><p></p><p>So, you do not have a lot of time to get one out alive once they get up into the birthing canal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 632588, member: 968"] No, I do not think breaking the water bag had anything to do with the death of the calf. Backwards calf can quickly "drown" during birthing. Article from Cattlenetwork.com: In a posterior presentation, "the calf's hips are pulled through the pelvic opening, the baby calf's tail will reach the outer areas of the mother's vaginal opening. Once a person can see the baby calf's tailhead, the umbilical vessels are being compressed against the rim of the mother's pelvic bone. The blood flow, exchanging oxygen & carbon dioxide, between calf and mother is greatly impaired, if not completely clamped off." "Research conducted in Europe illustrates how little time it takes to compromise the calf's survivbility when the umbilical cord is clamped. These scientists studied the impact of clamping the umbilical cord for 0, 4, 6, or 8 minutes." 0 minutes - 5 calves - all 5 lived 4 minutes - 5 calves - 4 lived, 1 died 6 minutes - 3 calves - 3 died 8 minutes - 3 calves - 3 died So, you do not have a lot of time to get one out alive once they get up into the birthing canal. [/QUOTE]
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