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Calving trauma called production risk
Source: Barbara Duckworth, Producer.com, January 30, 2020
Cattle producers can improve calf health and survivability by decreasing the negative effects of a difficult calving
New beginnings and hope start with each calving season but sometimes things can go awry.
About five percent of calves are assisted at birth and about four percent are either born dead or died in the first day of life, according to information gathered from the Western Canadian Cow-Calf Surveillance Network.
The numbers are low but there is room for improvement.
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