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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1294097" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>I did a fair number of them when I was in practice - almost always out in the field, with the cow/heifer either tied between trees or to the front end of the practice truck... not sure I ever did one at the clinic, and rarely in a barn. </p><p>There's no predicting - and it matters what sort of condition the cow is in when you start out - but even then, some don't make it for whatever reason.</p><p>The vast majority of those that I performed survived; the ones that didn't were usually either already down, or had a partially rotten, emphysematous calf in them. In retrospect, some of those would probably have been better handled as a fetotomy...</p><p></p><p>Did one on one of my own heifers once...did everything about the same way I would have with a client's animal...maybe even a little more carefully, 'cause it was one of my first AI calves. Calf was alive. Heifer was dead within 24 hours. I've got no idea why.... she'd not been laboring long or hard, was in good condition... just died. </p><p></p><p>Had one done here about 18 months ago, and the next door neighbors had one about a year ago, both done by local large animal vet; mine - out in the field tied to a tree, neighbor's - in the barn. Both survived; mine raised her calf and both went to the salebarn at weaning, neighbor's calf was d.o.a., but cow healed up fine and they shipped her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1294097, member: 12607"] I did a fair number of them when I was in practice - almost always out in the field, with the cow/heifer either tied between trees or to the front end of the practice truck... not sure I ever did one at the clinic, and rarely in a barn. There's no predicting - and it matters what sort of condition the cow is in when you start out - but even then, some don't make it for whatever reason. The vast majority of those that I performed survived; the ones that didn't were usually either already down, or had a partially rotten, emphysematous calf in them. In retrospect, some of those would probably have been better handled as a fetotomy... Did one on one of my own heifers once...did everything about the same way I would have with a client's animal...maybe even a little more carefully, 'cause it was one of my first AI calves. Calf was alive. Heifer was dead within 24 hours. I've got no idea why.... she'd not been laboring long or hard, was in good condition... just died. Had one done here about 18 months ago, and the next door neighbors had one about a year ago, both done by local large animal vet; mine - out in the field tied to a tree, neighbor's - in the barn. Both survived; mine raised her calf and both went to the salebarn at weaning, neighbor's calf was d.o.a., but cow healed up fine and they shipped her. [/QUOTE]
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