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What is the best way to get a calf to take a bottle?

Last Updated: August 28, 2007

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Usually the calf is aggressive enough to eagerly take the bottle. If it is for the first time, you may need to restrain the calf and force the nipple into its mouth. While doing so, squirt some milk into the mouth, and the calf should realize that it is milk and begin sucking on its own.

Dave Fischer, Extension Dairy Educator, University of Illinois - Illini DairyNET

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