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Dead Heifer Calve
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<blockquote data-quote="Workinonit Farm" data-source="post: 816064" data-attributes="member: 839"><p>One possibility is that the calf was born backwards, not a true breech, but back legs first and the cord broke before the shoulders and head got out, couldn't breathe and therefore died before it could get all the way out. It does happen.</p><p></p><p>As Jillaroo suggested, you could cut out a lung and put it in a pail of water, I've done this. If it floats, there was breath, if not, it never breathed.</p><p></p><p>Sorry to hear that. Same thing ahppened to me last winter, beautiful full-term heifer calf------dead as a doornail.</p><p></p><p>Katherine</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Workinonit Farm, post: 816064, member: 839"] One possibility is that the calf was born backwards, not a true breech, but back legs first and the cord broke before the shoulders and head got out, couldn't breathe and therefore died before it could get all the way out. It does happen. As Jillaroo suggested, you could cut out a lung and put it in a pail of water, I've done this. If it floats, there was breath, if not, it never breathed. Sorry to hear that. Same thing ahppened to me last winter, beautiful full-term heifer calf------dead as a doornail. Katherine [/QUOTE]
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