Recent wildfires in the High Plains burned hundreds of acres of land, destroyed outbuildings and homes. Cattle weren’t spared. For those not killed or euthanized, the road back to health may be tough. Randall Kowalik and Dr. A. J. Tarpoff with Kansas State Research and Extension offers some burn and orphan care tips.
Source: High Plains Journal, March 20, 2017.
Regardless of how they lost their mothers, we have some hungry calves that need some solid base nutrition and we need to step up and give some extra care for these young calves,” said Tarpoff. “Fostering or grafting these calves onto another mother is our best bet, but, unfortunately we may not have that option. The next step is turning them into bucket calves.”