ASSISTING DIFFICULT CALVING

Floron C. Faries, Jr., DVM, MSProfessor and Extension Program Leader

Texas AgriLife Extension ServiceTexas A&M System

College Station, TX 77843http://extensionvetmed.tamu.edu

STAGES OF PARTURITION

DILATION OF BIRTH CANAL

EXPULSION OF CALF

EXPULSION OF AFTERBIRTH

NURSING OF CALF

PULL THROUGH AN ARC!

AVOID EXCESSIVE FORCE!

CALF PULLER IS DANGEROUS!

DIRECTION OF PULL

THROUGH AN ARC

UP – UP – UP

DOWN – DOWN – DOWN

PLACEMENT OF CHAINS

LOOP ABOVE FETLOCK

HALF-HITCH BELOW FETLOCK