Title: Describe procedures for caring for newborn livestock.
Course: Livestock Production Management (18301-II) > Section: Raising and Managing Livestock

Description should include

- birthing process
- potential problems and responses
- newborn checklist (i.e., vaccinations, record-keeping, feeding, housing)
- caring for newborn livestock
- methods for humane dehorning, castrating, identifying, and docking, if needed.

Teacher Resources:

- Monitoring Livestock Vital Signs, Virginia Cooperative Extension
- Early Heifer Development and Colostrum Management, The Cattle Site

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why does caring for newborn livestock require so much time?
- Does a veterinarian need to be present during the birth process? Why, or why not?
- What issues related to humane treatment are raised when discussing dehorning? Castration? Docking?