Calving Course

Keep checking our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/penbodefarmvets for news of our 2023 Calving course.

This one-day small group, practical course aimed at farmers, smallholders and farm staff who are new or feel inexperienced when calving. 

Topics will include:

• Calving environment and handling facilities and equipment

• Examination of the cow and correction of mal-presentations

• Normal birth process

• When to intervene

• Perinatal cow problems

• Factors influencing dystocia (calving difficulty) – cow and calf

• Essentials for the new born calf