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Bovine birthing simulator used to educate veterinary students on display at Agribition

 
Meet Agnes — she's a full-size cow, with a working udder, a uterus and a full-size calf but she's not quite a real cow.
 
Instead, the bovine specimen is used to educate veterinary students and cattle producers about the cattle birthing process.
 
"We can actually use her, mainly to educate ... in the birthing process, and how to deal with any sort of malpresentations at the birthing time," said Chris Clark, associate dean of the college of veterinary medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. 
 
With each birth scenario, the calf is placed in different positions.
 
Agnes is on display at the Canadian Western Agribition in Regina this week. When the five-day event wraps up, the bovine birthing simulator will be transported back to the University of Saskatchewan to be used in teaching programs.
 
"In the past, we used other techniques to try and teach but this is certainly a cleaner and easier technique for us to train students."
 
Usually, cows will give birth by themselves but there will be a small number of births which require assistance, Clark said. 
 
Source : CBC

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