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Take these immediate actions to help calf recovery:<\/p>\n
1) Clear excess fluid\/mucous from the nose and mouth<\/strong><\/p>\n 2) Recovery Position<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2013 see picture \u2013 on sternum with rear legs pulled forward as props, nose down to drain fluid from nasal cavity.\u00a0 This position aids chest expansion and fluid drainage from the nasal cavity.<\/p>\n 3) Tickle or pinch inside nostril<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 tickle with a clean piece of straw\/grass\/stick.\u00a0 This will help stimulate breathing as well as\u00a0sneezing to further clear nasal cavity.\u00a0 You can purchase calf respirators to have on hand for emergencies.<\/p>\n 4) Vigorous rub and dry<\/strong><\/p>\n and of course when your calf is breathing comfortably\u00a0 \u2013 plenty of high quality colostrum ASAP.\u00a0 If your calf has had a rough entry to the world it may struggle to source enough colostrum from its mother so the best option for health of the calf\u00a0is often\u00a0to bottle or tube feed the required colostrum.<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong>\u00a0 Hanging or swinging a calf has been shown to not help with recovery.\u00a0 The fluid which drains in this manner is from the stomach not the lungs.\u00a0 Fluid in the lungs can be absorbed if not too much has been aspirated.\u00a0 The important area to drain is the nasal cavity and this can drain in the recovery position.\u00a0 Hanging or swinging pushes the abdominal contents\u00a0onto the diaphragm making it harder for a calf to breath.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_3″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/uat.shoofint.com\/antahi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/newborn-calf-recovery-position.jpg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”newborn-calf-recovery-position” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Assisting a Calf after a difficult birth Prolonged or difficult birth? Take these immediate actions to help calf recovery: 1) Clear excess fluid\/mucous from the nose and mouth 2) Recovery Position\u00a0 \u2013 see picture \u2013 on sternum with rear legs pulled forward as props, nose down to drain fluid from nasal cavity.\u00a0 This position aids […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-126","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uat.shoofint.com\/trusti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uat.shoofint.com\/trusti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uat.shoofint.com\/trusti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uat.shoofint.com\/trusti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uat.shoofint.com\/trusti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uat.shoofint.com\/trusti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"https:\/\/uat.shoofint.com\/trusti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uat.shoofint.com\/trusti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}