Calving Time
Rotating a calf at parturition to aid in delivery
Throughout the course of a calving season, some heifers and a few cows may need assistance at calving time.
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Feeding first-calf females after calving
Calving season has either started or is just around the corner. Although first-calvers represent your future brood cows, they require more labor, higher quality feeds, and they reward your efforts by weaning the lightest group of calves in the herd.
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It’s the calf’s call
Labor, it is nothing new to beef cattle producers. Be it spring or fall, calving season brings with it a bucket load of challenges and needs from the cowherd.
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Signs of impending calving in cows or heifers
As the spring calving season begins, the cows will show typical signs that will indicate parturition is imminent.
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Q & A: Lower critical temperatures for newborn calves
Calving: what an exciting time of year! The “crop” for the next year is hitting the ground, the green grass is growing, and we are enjoying the season of new beginnings well-rested and enthusiastic about ranching, or at least this is how we see it playing out in our dreams.
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Study finds spring calving more likely if barometer on the rise
Beef cattle due in the spring are more likely to give birth when the barometer is on the rise, but warm temperatures are more likely to be a birth trigger for beef cows due in the fall.
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Helping the newborn calf breathe
Despite our best efforts at bull selection and heifer development, cows or heifers occasionally need assistance at calving time.
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Cow-calf corner: Assisting a newborn calf with acidosis
Glenn Selk tells us the best way to help a newborn calf that is having difficulty breathing.
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Early calvers add dollars
Eric Mousel, agricultural sciences department chair at Northwest Missouri State University, talks about the advantages early-calving heifers have over later calving counterparts.
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Most passive immunity occurs in the first 6 hours
Resistance to disease is greatly dependent on antibodies or immunoglobulins and can be either active or passive in origin.
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Cow-calf corner: The stages of calving
Glenn Selk offers advice on the stages of calving.
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