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Animal Husbandry

Prey Animals

Birthing and birthing assistance of your prey animals

Cattle

Birthing patience:

• Lessons from a first calf heifer (Duration - 11::11)

Intervention(s) (Calving Time Management for Beef Cows and Heifers - PDF):

• When to intervene when calving first-calf heifers (Duration - 4::42)
• How to palpate beef cattle for pregnancy diagnosis (Duration - 11::33)
• Proper placement of pull chains for calving assistance (Duration - 1::12)
• How to intervene with a difficult calving (Duration - 6::17)
• Using a Calf Jack Duration - 6::35)
• How to (and not to) resuscitate newborn calves (Duration - 2::32)
• How to use an esophageal feeder (Duration - 11::43)

• Lifting with a Pelvic Lifter (Duration - 3::24)
• How to pull 2 dead calves out of 1 cow (Duration - 21::11)

Birthing related care of your prey animals

The "Madigan Squeeze" (Instructions to use the Madigan foal squeeze method - PDF):

(Note: While this technique was developed out of working with foals, it has been demonstrated to be equally helpful to all prey animals listed above here.)

1. Thoracic Squeeze in calves (Duration - 1::42)
2. Putting the Squeeze on "Dummy" Calves (Duration - 2::05)
3. Madigan Squeeze 09112017 (Duration - 4::01)
4. Newborn Horse Syndrome Suggests Links to Childhood Autism (Duration - 3::45)
5. The Evolution of the Madigan Squeeze with Dr John Madigan (Duration - 1:00::27)