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Backwards calf problem?
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<blockquote data-quote="bmoore87" data-source="post: 1088154" data-attributes="member: 21684"><p>We have a few of these each year andthe main thing is getting to them early before the cow can get it pushed to far out into the canal on her own. For backwards calves we just pull as fast as possible since the cord will break with the head in the cow still. I had always hung them afterwards but was recently told by a different vets that that could make things worse if they have swallowed anything down into their stomach and it comes back up. They recommend lying the front shoulders up to the edge of a square bale with the head laying off the side so the through and nose can drain. Also give anti inflamatories for the lungs.</p><p></p><p>In regards to when they are breached you can pull without giving shots of any kind of numbing agent. Just push down on the calf's hind end between the cows pushes and pull the legs up one at a time. We go pretty slow with this so we don't hurt anything ( the last one took of about half an hour to get the legs up to be pulled between the cows contractions).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bmoore87, post: 1088154, member: 21684"] We have a few of these each year andthe main thing is getting to them early before the cow can get it pushed to far out into the canal on her own. For backwards calves we just pull as fast as possible since the cord will break with the head in the cow still. I had always hung them afterwards but was recently told by a different vets that that could make things worse if they have swallowed anything down into their stomach and it comes back up. They recommend lying the front shoulders up to the edge of a square bale with the head laying off the side so the through and nose can drain. Also give anti inflamatories for the lungs. In regards to when they are breached you can pull without giving shots of any kind of numbing agent. Just push down on the calf's hind end between the cows pushes and pull the legs up one at a time. We go pretty slow with this so we don't hurt anything ( the last one took of about half an hour to get the legs up to be pulled between the cows contractions). [/QUOTE]
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