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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 672076" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>If caught in time, breech or normal backwards presentation, you should be able to save the calf. If the cow/heifer is allowed to calve on her own - than you will see a high incidence of dead calves.</p><p></p><p>Nutrition plays an important part. As mentioned, not enough & the heifer isn't grown out properly and the calf is weaker. Too much & the heifer is too fat & calf is grown out too big - although getting to the point of feeding too much is difficult. More often the animal is fed too little.</p><p>I am a strong believer that lack of exercise also creates malpresentations.</p><p>And, also as mentioned, heifers that are just too small for the size of the fetus will cause the calf to be unable to get in the right position.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 672076, member: 968"] If caught in time, breech or normal backwards presentation, you should be able to save the calf. If the cow/heifer is allowed to calve on her own - than you will see a high incidence of dead calves. Nutrition plays an important part. As mentioned, not enough & the heifer isn't grown out properly and the calf is weaker. Too much & the heifer is too fat & calf is grown out too big - although getting to the point of feeding too much is difficult. More often the animal is fed too little. I am a strong believer that lack of exercise also creates malpresentations. And, also as mentioned, heifers that are just too small for the size of the fetus will cause the calf to be unable to get in the right position. [/QUOTE]
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