Animal Husbandry

Animal Husbandry

Prey Animals

Prey animal birthing and birthing assistance

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)
• Pulling a HUGE Calf BACKWARDS! (Duration - 13::30)
• How to use an esophageal feeder (Duration - 11::43
• Dead calf stuck inside! See how we pulled it out | Overdue calf | Malpositioned | Dystocia (Duration - 5::35)
• How to pull 2 dead calves out of 1 cow (Duration - 21::11)

"Downer-cow" management and care:

• Assessing the down cow - Dr. Phil Poulton (Duration - 4::51)
• Moving the down cow - Dr. Phil Poulton (Duration - 1::42)
• Caring for the down cow - Dr. Phil Poulton (Duration - 3::46)
• Rolling the down cow - Dr. Phil Poulton (Duration - 2::39)
• The down cow nursing area - Dr. Phil Poulton (Duration - 3::20)
• Correct use of hip lifters (Duration - 3::09)
• Lifting the down cow - Dr. Phil Poulton (Duration - 4::25)
• Lifting with a hip clamp - Dr. Phil Poulton (Duration - 3::13)
• Downer cow lifting using sling - Dr Sridhar NB 1 (Duration - 2::10)

Helping your calf to nurse:

• Calf nursing tips (Duration - 12::46 [Min. 3::40 is where specific "help nurse" segment begins])

(Quotes from video description section: "Calf vigor and nursing issues are very heritable..."; "Through selection and culling, we are proud to say that we have almost completely eliminated calf vigor issues..."; and, "The best way to address this is to try to eliminate it from your herd through selection, breeding, and culling.")

Prey animal "after-birthing" related care

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

(Note 1.: 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.)

(Note 2.: While the syndrome[s] for which the Madigan Squeeze can be helpful most often occur after cesarean [C-section] deliveries, the syndrome[s] can, and often enough do, occur after any birthing situation in which the prey animal does not experience "'sufficient' dwell-time" in the birthing canal.)

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)