Newborn calf best breast-feeding time, choking cough how to do?

Generally speaking, the better feeding time for newborn calves is from birth to about two and a half months after birth. Newborn calves choke on milk, cough will not last long, if this is the case for 2-3 days, you need to be injected with anti-inflammatory injection to avoid inflammation of the lungs.

1. The best time for newborn calves to be fed

1. In general, the better feeding time for newborn calves is from birth to about two and a half months after birth. 4-5 days after birth, there is no need to feed solid feed, usually the whole process can be fed, and after 5 days, you can slowly feed a small amount of solid feed to the calf.

2. Then slowly increase the supply of solid feed, wait until two and a half months later, if the calf can eat more than 0.7kg solid feed for three consecutive days, it can be weaned.

Second, what if the newborn calf chokes on milk and coughs

Newborn calves choke on milk, cough will not last long, if this is the case for 2-3 days, you need to be injected with anti-inflammatory injection to avoid inflammation of the lungs.

Matters needing attention in nursing newborn calves

1. Prevent calves from getting cold

After the calf is born, need to clear the amniotic fluid in the mouth and nose in time, avoid amniotic fluid entering the lungs and cause foreign body pneumonia, the amniotic fluid on the body can let the cow lick dry, if the cow does not lick or the weather is cold, can manually use towel or wheat bran to dry, in the calf 8-12 hours after birth, need to do a good job of heat preservation work, so that the temperature reaches 20 ℃ or above, otherwise prone to diarrhea, morbidity, decline in vitality and other phenomena.

2. the newborn calf has a weak physique.

The middle and later stage of pregnancy is the rapid development stage of the calf, during which sufficient nutrition should be supplemented to promote the development of the calf and achieve the normal birth weight and vitality. Generally, the delivery time can be budgeted according to the mating time, and the delivery of the cow can be done well to prevent the process of labor from being too long or dystocia. When the umbilical cord connecting the calf and the cow is broken, if it is not produced for a long time, there will be hypoxia, asphyxia or poor vitality. Form a weak calf.

3. Eat enough colostrum as soon as possible

After the calf is born, it needs to eat enough colostrum as soon as possible. When the calf cannot eat colostrum on its own, it needs human assistance. For some calves that do not know how to milk, they can generally squeeze the milk into their fingers, then put it into the calf's mouth and let it suck. Gradually, it can form a conditioned reflex to feed normally.

4. Avoid calves eating dirt

If diarrhea occurs in newborn calves, it is generally related to milk intake, temperature, and eating pathogenic microorganisms, which is easy to cause dyspeptic diarrhea and viral diarrhea, so it is necessary to avoid calves eating dirt, generally before giving birth, to disinfect the rear drive and breasts, to prevent calves from eating pathogenic microorganisms at birth, and generally do a good job in environmental hygiene and disinfection, which is conducive to reducing the pathogenic microorganisms in the environment.

5. Cutting the umbilical cord scientifically

Cutting the umbilical cord 5-10 minutes after the calf is born helps to reduce the loss of umbilical cord blood. Before breaking the umbilical cord, the calf needs to squeeze the umbilical cord blood back, then disconnect it from 3-5cm, and then disinfect the umbilical cord and its surroundings with iodophor. Generally, it takes at least 3-5 days. There is no need to ligate the umbilical cord, which allows the wound to dry up and fall off naturally.

6. Avoid trampling or crushing to death

In general, it is necessary to select cows with good motherhood to keep breeding, and then do a good job in the health care of cows before and after childbirth, and at the same time, we should strengthen the control of the temperature in the delivery room to ensure that one cow has a delivery room or a column, so as to prevent calving cows from being raised in large herds. it is helpful to reduce the shock to the cattle, and at the same time, the breeder should strengthen the circle patrol so that the delivery room can not leave people for 24 hours.