When a cow or buffalo gives birth to a calf, it needs food and shed according to its age. Because only the surviving calves give profit to the cattle breeders in the future. If the calf is female, it will earn money by giving milk when it grows up, whereas if it is male, then profit can be earned by making it a breeder.
Most people believe that the cattle breeder earns profit only by selling milk. But this is not so. Breeding is also a big source of profit for the cattle breeder. Whether the cattle breeder is small or big, everyone wishes that his cow or buffalo gives birth to babies every year. So that he can either sell them or earn profit by rearing and producing milk when they are ready. But it is not so easy to get a calf from any breed of cow or buffalo every year. And even if a calf is born every year, taking care of it for 20 days is like bringing it back from the jaws of death.
According to animal experts, as soon as the calf is born, it needs special care, especially in the winter season. During this time, if there is even a little negligence, the calf dies as soon as it is born. And if the care is taken properly, the calf becomes beneficial as soon as it is six months old. That is why experts also tell scientific ways of taking care of calves.
Start taking care of calves in this way as soon as the calf is born.
- Immediately after birth, keep the calf in front of the buffalo.
- When the calf is in front, the buffalo licks it and cleans it.
- Licking the calf dries its skin quickly.
- When the buffalo licks the calf, its body temperature does not decrease.
- Licking cleans the calf’s body and blood starts flowing.
- Licking increases affection between the buffalo and the calf.
- By licking the calf, the buffalo gets salt and protein.
- If the buffalo does not lick the calf, rub it with a clean towel.
- Remove the umbilical cord of the calf as soon as it is born. If the calf has difficulty breathing, massage its chest.
- If the calf is not breathing properly, hold its hind legs and hang it upside down.
- Cut the umbilical cord of the calf with a new blade or scissors and clean it in hot water.
- Apply tincture iodine at the place where the umbilical cord is cut.
- Make sure to feed buffalo colostrum to the calf within one or two hours of birth.
- Do not wait for the buffalo’s umbilical cord to fall off to feed colostrum to the calf.
- Colostrum fed to the calf on time helps in fighting diseases.
- The calf should be fed 10 percent of its weight in milk.
- The calf should be fed milk twice in the morning and evening.
- After drinking the first milk, the child needs to defecate within two hours.
- Gather resources to protect the child from cold.
- Make sure to give medicine for stomach worms to the child at the age of 10 days.
- Make sure to give the second dose of stomach worms to the child when he is 21 days old.