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