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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 8668"><p>I've been a large animal vet for 14 years, and a Simmental breeder for 10. In my personal and professional experience, you can usually get a cow to accept the calf using various methods, but I have seen several calves killed.(all clients, not my own, and they just forced them to go together in a pen) Now I'm going to generalize here, and I'll admit I'm not a limo lover, but limo heifers seem to have more problems accepting calves, and it tends to run in lines--either maternal or paternal. My advice would be to ship her--why send a problem on to someone else? If you want ideas on how to get the heifer to accept it, I'll help, but ....<br>Vicki the Vet<p>: One of our Limousin heifers delivered a healthy female calf.<br>: Now she refuses to let her nurse. She simply won't stand<br>: still and kicks at the calf. We had no trouble feeding<br>: the calf with a bottle until last evening, when the mother<br>: turned violent and charged the gate. The baby seems to have<br>: been able FINALLY to nurse off another recent momma. <p>: What would have made her NOT want to nurse? She seems to have<br>: a full udder and it doesn't look discolored.<p>: Should we wait to see if the reluctant mother will ever let<br>: baby nurse, or is she just a good candidate for butchering<br>: in a few weeks? <p></p><p><br></p><p><br><hr size=4 width=75%><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:vcane@hurontario.net">vcane@hurontario.net</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 8668"] I've been a large animal vet for 14 years, and a Simmental breeder for 10. In my personal and professional experience, you can usually get a cow to accept the calf using various methods, but I have seen several calves killed.(all clients, not my own, and they just forced them to go together in a pen) Now I'm going to generalize here, and I'll admit I'm not a limo lover, but limo heifers seem to have more problems accepting calves, and it tends to run in lines--either maternal or paternal. My advice would be to ship her--why send a problem on to someone else? If you want ideas on how to get the heifer to accept it, I'll help, but ....<br>Vicki the Vet<p>: One of our Limousin heifers delivered a healthy female calf.<br>: Now she refuses to let her nurse. She simply won't stand<br>: still and kicks at the calf. We had no trouble feeding<br>: the calf with a bottle until last evening, when the mother<br>: turned violent and charged the gate. The baby seems to have<br>: been able FINALLY to nurse off another recent momma. <p>: What would have made her NOT want to nurse? She seems to have<br>: a full udder and it doesn't look discolored.<p>: Should we wait to see if the reluctant mother will ever let<br>: baby nurse, or is she just a good candidate for butchering<br>: in a few weeks? <p> <br> <br><hr size=4 width=75%><p> [email=vcane@hurontario.net]vcane@hurontario.net[/email] [/QUOTE]
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