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Inducing labor -- how did it work out?
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<blockquote data-quote="Quigly" data-source="post: 1259229" data-attributes="member: 21929"><p>I try to avoid inducing cows whenever possible. I haven't had any terrible experiences with it, but some of my producers have doing it on their own. I am confident I saved a cow this year that was going down hill around calving time and would not have survived had we not induced her. Primarily use Lut and Dex at the same time, I tell producers to expect a calf in 36 hours, plus or minus 6 hours. If they are born sooner then that, I think they were going to calve anyway and the protocol did nothing. Some calves that aren't to term will be aborted if this is done, but in some cases you can use this protocol and nothing happens if the calf isn't far enough along. I've heard of feedlot heifers getting the combination 3 or 4 times over the course of a couple months and still having a normal calf at term. </p><p></p><p>RPs certainly are a problem, and a big reason I shy away from inducing. It's been reported that putting them on triamcinilone a week prior to calving will reduce the risk. It is almost never that I know I am going to induce a cow a week before the fact. I usually just tell people to watch them and have some exceed handy. </p><p></p><p>Lastly, I know of one or two producers with ET calves that induce a number of animals each year. They have exact calving dates and therefore can time things well. They work during the week and induce everything to calve at noon on Saturday so they are around to assist and seem to get by.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quigly, post: 1259229, member: 21929"] I try to avoid inducing cows whenever possible. I haven't had any terrible experiences with it, but some of my producers have doing it on their own. I am confident I saved a cow this year that was going down hill around calving time and would not have survived had we not induced her. Primarily use Lut and Dex at the same time, I tell producers to expect a calf in 36 hours, plus or minus 6 hours. If they are born sooner then that, I think they were going to calve anyway and the protocol did nothing. Some calves that aren't to term will be aborted if this is done, but in some cases you can use this protocol and nothing happens if the calf isn't far enough along. I've heard of feedlot heifers getting the combination 3 or 4 times over the course of a couple months and still having a normal calf at term. RPs certainly are a problem, and a big reason I shy away from inducing. It's been reported that putting them on triamcinilone a week prior to calving will reduce the risk. It is almost never that I know I am going to induce a cow a week before the fact. I usually just tell people to watch them and have some exceed handy. Lastly, I know of one or two producers with ET calves that induce a number of animals each year. They have exact calving dates and therefore can time things well. They work during the week and induce everything to calve at noon on Saturday so they are around to assist and seem to get by. [/QUOTE]
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