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How Often should a day old calf nurse?
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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 367990" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>If the calf was indeed born yesterday morning, then I'm afraid you've missed the window of opportunity because colostrum can only be utilized in the first 24 hours following birth, and the utilization diminishes with time - 1st few hours following birth is 100% utilization, 8 hours following birth - maybe 60%, 18 hours after birth - maybe 20%, etc. The ideal thing to do would have been to put the cow in the chute, put the calf on her and help him find and latch onto a tit. If you don't have a chute, the calf should have been given powdered or frozen colostrum yesterday. To answer your question, a newborn calf nurses numerous times thoughout the day because it's belly isn't big enough to hold much at one sitting. At this point in time, the most important thing is to make sure the calf is nursing. I would get that cow in the chute and either help the calf find a tit, or milk her and bottle the calf. A calf that has not received colostrum can be ok, but you have to make sure it knows how to nurse and is nursing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 367990, member: 539"] If the calf was indeed born yesterday morning, then I'm afraid you've missed the window of opportunity because colostrum can only be utilized in the first 24 hours following birth, and the utilization diminishes with time - 1st few hours following birth is 100% utilization, 8 hours following birth - maybe 60%, 18 hours after birth - maybe 20%, etc. The ideal thing to do would have been to put the cow in the chute, put the calf on her and help him find and latch onto a tit. If you don't have a chute, the calf should have been given powdered or frozen colostrum yesterday. To answer your question, a newborn calf nurses numerous times thoughout the day because it's belly isn't big enough to hold much at one sitting. At this point in time, the most important thing is to make sure the calf is nursing. I would get that cow in the chute and either help the calf find a tit, or milk her and bottle the calf. A calf that has not received colostrum can be ok, but you have to make sure it knows how to nurse and is nursing. [/QUOTE]
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