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Procedure of training a calf for bucket feeding.
-Wash and disinfect the hands to be used.
-Put milk in a clean shallow bucket.
-Push calf backwards to the corner of the calf pen.
-Holding the bucket with the left hand, dip two or three fingers of the right hand into the milk and then place the finger into the mouth of the calf to suck.(do this repeatedly.)
-Slowly guide the calf into the milk bucket by lowering fingers into the bucket while the calf still sucks the fingers.
-Ensure the calf’s head is slightly raised. This allows it to suck readily.
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