Stomach Tubing a Calf - Brilliant at the Basics
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- Interchem Ireland and That’s Farming bring you Being Brilliant at the Basics and in this video we’re covering how to stomach tube a calf. Our vet Tommy Heffernan presents this series!
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I see some negative comments about this procedure from people who don't understand why it is done. Most calves who are fed like this are too weak to drink by themselves because of hypothermia, a difficult birth, being abandoned by their mother, or other issues. A calf gets it immune system from these first feedings before the gut closes so it is critical to get milk in a timely manner to avoid long term health problems. This procedure is not fun for the person providing the care or the animal so it is avoided when possible. It is mostly used as emergency care like a human would get at the emergency room or in an ambulance. It is used to get the animal stronger and stable so it can drink from its mother or a bottle.
It’s a diary calf being fed colostrum, it’s not been ‘abandoned’ you daft idiot. And farmers used this a preferred feeding method, not as an emergency procedure.
@@gmail8483 I've seen this method used on sheep, but then it was only used for orphaned and sick lambs. (I used to volunteer on a sheep farm during lambing season)
The man in this video said "Maybe have two stomach tubes on your farm, one for colostrum, and one for treating the sick calf or re-hydrating the calf."
Colostrum is the first milk the mother produces. It's important the calf/lamb/infant receives it. So some farmers tube feed to guarantee the infant receives it.
But on some, seemingly those owned by the people in the comments, this isn't the case. For them, like the sheep farm I volunteered on, the tubing milk is a last resort for infants that have been rejected/orphaned/abandoned and cannot be fed for other methods.
The latter use, for 'treating the sick calf or rehydrating' is only when necessary (I don't think it needs much explanation).
So most mammal infants will only have this used as an emergency procedure - the exception to this being on farms where they choose to tube feed to ensure the calve is properly fed, despite it not being particularly necessary.
Ergo, the OP is not a 'daft idiot'.
@@gmail8483 Calves are ideally able to suck their first milk (colostrum) from their Dam by themselves, soon after birth. This is best for their immune system. I have never spoken to a farmer who stomach tube fed a calf unless absolutely necessary. Including myself.
G Mail You clearly don’t have a clue what you are talking about. I have never seen anyone enjoy feeding a calf like this, we try to avoid it at all costs. It’s not fun for the animal or us especially because it has a risk of drowning the calf. Next time, avoid insulting someone especially because you aren’t as smart as you think you are.
G Mail you are a buffoon
The most helpful thing in this video to me was the verifying the wind pipe versus esophagus thank you so much
Thank You. Very well done video that covers some points not covered well in other videos. 1) How far to insert the stomach tube. 2) This video covers the two tube rule very well. 3) The importance of maintaining the feeder tip.
Great video!! my go to. for those of you with the negative comments.. farmers don't tube any animal for fun, its to keep them alive. Do your homework before your negative and stupid comments. Farming is work and calling a vet for every thing isn't an option for all Farmers, this is a simple procedure that every person wanting to keep there animals alive is necessary.
Excellent video! Clear and helpful. Thank you.
Thank you! Great video.
Great tip on checking the tube for damage. Needed to use mine today after yonks. Checked and found a large tooth mark had raised a nasty sharp bit of plastic on the tube. Public holiday so can't get a new one. Those battery operated diamond wheel heel smothers have a thousand uses. Thanks.
Thank you!
Thanks! I can tube lambs like nobody's business, but this will be my first time actually tubing a calf.
Good information
We have a calf who is hadicaped from his birth.he is unable to eat.he is walking slowly. He becoming weak day by day. What should I do sir ?is there any treatment ?Please help me
Would there be a need to rub a little vegetable oil on the outside of the tube for easier insertion? My poor, sweet calf is severely dehydrated and tries her best to suckle the bottle, but she gets very little. I can't lose her 😢 !! Thank you!
Amazing
in japan this procedure is used as emergency care. Is using a tube to feed colostrum standard in other countries? I read a book written in English for famers before. it is contained in standard procedure.
A variety of comments here....some from armchair experts. I’d make a few points. Nobody “enjoys” doing this but I can tell you I don’t think twice about doing it. It probably happens at least once a day on our farm during spring calving season to either feed colostrum or feed electrolytes to calves with scour. It is fast, it is efficient and guarantees the right type of milk getting into a newborn belly. A farmer doesn’t always have the luxury of trusting a calf to drink its mother. There are many reasons why it might not drink.
Dr sb i needs fettnig feed farmoleshn bay cettal beef please help me
How do you know if the calf hasn't fed? I worry about over feeding a calf with a tube. What if it already has a full stomach?
Check their stocmach to c if there full
How are you bro
why tube feeding is required?
Water/electrolytes are absorbed faster/easier. Great tool when a calf is dehydrated.
if the calf for a variety of reasons doesn’t drink colostrum on its own, it will not survive. Tube feeding can save its life.
Maybe stress the dangers of this a little more and not make it look so easy I had a calf really weak you made it look so easy so I tried and killed my calf.
I did the same thing, i lost some. Others perked right up. They’ll die if a guy doesn’t try. When i insert the tube. I listen to see if the calf coughs. If the calf coughs it’s probably gonna gonto the lungs. I have found that if a calf is to weak to cough or lift its head. And is just laying flat about to die. I insert the tube all the way. And then i put my ear to the entrance of the bag and listen for breathing sounds. I also look to see if the tube steams up.
I also add corn syrup to the electrolytes. It’s crucial for getting the calf out of hypoglycaemic shock.
The corn syrup has to have glucose fructose for it to work. I hope this helps. And if I’m wrong i hope someone more knowledgeable can correct me.
Sure, he could’ve highlighted the dangers a bit more. But unfortunately it’s very case dependent, the calf may have been too far gone already, etc. Without a full post it’s impossible to tell exactly what caused the death. Best to try your very best and learn from experience than sit on your hands and hope for a miracle.
Ya. of course it's standing. What a joke. 90% of the time they are not. Do a hard laying or sitting weak calf case and then we'll listen
This is just fucked up 💀
Only if he is Allowed to drink his own mother's milk ... It's painful to watch
Priyanka Verma don’t watch it
You're being ridiculous. You only tube animals when there is a problem
Stupid vegan bitch, animal are meant to slaughter, doesn't matter they drink mother milk or not, they are product and we should see them that way, they cant steal the milk from human..milk belong to human, and the baby calf is hamburger and veal chop
@@hunterostroski lol?
Sometimes mother cows reject their calves or the calves are too weak or dehydrated to find milk from their mother. This saves lives, absolutely.
Very painful and risky method of newborn baby calves.
Yeah, should just leave them to die.
Not true liar.
None of u people know what ur talking about lol
Horrible this baby needs to be with the mother 👎👎👎
I badly need to stomach tube a calf. it's stomach has bloated up and it is writhing on the ground in agony. If i had a tube i could pass it into the stomach and release the gas which in turn would relieve the pressure in the gut and save the calf's life. I have just lost 2 calves who were abandoned by their mothers because of extreme drought i am catching any calves i find and trying to save them. All depends on how starved they are before i find them. If they are too weak and depressed to suck, then without a stomach tube they will slowly die---or i must shoot them. These are the hard facts of life on the land and the hard times we and the animals in our care often go through. My nearest vet is 150km away. I have had to learn to deliver calves and perform many minor surgeries to enable an animal in trouble to recover and indeed to survive. I am now going to buy a stomach tube and learn how to use it. It won't be in time for the poor little calf that's bloated right now, which distresses me greatly, as i now know i could have saved it. I can't just let it die from the bloat either as it is obviously an agonising way to go!
I can only speak for lambs but:
Sometimes this isn't possible. Infants may be abandoned/rejected/orphaned, and so cannot be with their mother. Normally, the response would be to bottle feed them, but sometimes they are too weak or won't take the bottle. This makes tube feeding necessary. I've seen a lamb pulled from the brink of death via this method, although it does seem cruel and scary the first time you experience tubing.
But no matter how painful this is to watch, I imagine watching them starve to death would be a lot more painful.
I hope this helps you! :)
Yep!!!!’it does
That's horrible !!!!!
Milca Aguilera Even humans are tube fed in certain circumstances. This isn't done for fun, they need fluids to stay alive if they are too weak or don't have an appetite.
That's horrible?? And letting one just die is not????
Milca Aguilera done to premature human baby’s daily
Not nearly as horrible as a sick animal starving to death. Hello, what is wrong with you people?
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