The Purdue Calving School

The Purdue Calving School offers practical and hands-on experience for beef and dairy producers. Producers attending the School will learn best practices for herd management during calving season and participate in hands-on demonstration from Purdue Veterinary Medicine’s experts.

Discussions

The Purdue Calving School includes discussions on:

• Managing dystocias
• Post-partum cow care
• Newborn calf management
• How to assist during calving

Demonstrations

Hands on demonstrations of:

• Use of calving equipment
• Dystocia simulations with life-sized cow & calf models
• Use of esophageal feeders