Horn removal technique of calves

In most farms, the horns of calves are often removed, because if the calves are not horned, when they grow up, too sharp horns will lead to fights, causing serious trauma to the herd and hurting the breeders. In addition, after the calves are dehorned, they have the advantages of extremely docile temperament and fast growth. So it is necessary to horn the calf, so how to horn the calf? Come to the pro-farm network to see how to remove the horns of calves.

1. Calf de-horning time

It is necessary to keep a good grasp of the time for the removal of the horn of the calf, and to ensure the success of the removal of the horn, but it should not cause great harm to the calf. Generally, the removal of the horn of the calf begins at the age of 7-10 days, and the latest time cannot exceed 20 days old. Otherwise, when the calf is a little older, its nervous system is fully developed, it is more sensitive to pain, and it recovers slowly, and it is easy to be infected. In severe cases, it will cause a large amount of bleeding due to pain, resulting in calf death.

2. Drug desquamation

Drug exfoliation is mainly through drug exfoliation, this drug is mainly sodium hydroxide, there is also a special calf exfoliation cream on the market in our country, which is more convenient. When in use, first fix the calf, do not let it swing greatly, remove the hair around the horn, then carry out disinfection, and then apply the horn cream on the horn convex, and the operator should wear good protective gloves to avoid drug harm to themselves. in addition, be careful not to smear to the calf's eyes and nose when applying. After smearing, the calves will have a little discomfort, but will soon disappear. After applying the medicine, the unhorned calves should be kept alone for three to five days to prevent other cattle from licking. Generally, the horns will scab and fall off after a week and will not grow again.

3. Electric soldering iron angle removal method

The electric soldering iron angle removal method is relatively fast and suitable for large-scale breeding farms. It uses 100 watt electric soldering iron to remove the angle, and similarly fix the calf. After preheating the electric soldering iron, it is branded under the bulge of the calf horn, waiting for the corner bump to form a depression. Scab will be formed three or four days after burning. Do not tear the scab manually and let it fall off on its own. After falling off, the growth base of the horn will be destroyed and will not grow again.

4. Management after removal of corners

After removing the horn, it will more or less cause some damage to the calves, so to strengthen its management at this time, we must first ensure the cleanliness and hygiene of the barn, and be quiet, so as not to frighten the calves, restore their physique quickly, strengthen feeding, improve sufficient causes, improve its resistance, do a good job of disinfection, inhibit the growth and reproduction of bacteria and microorganisms, and prevent bacteria from invading from the wound. If calves are infected with diseases, they should be vaccinated in time and disease prevention measures should be taken.

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