Jess and Margaret headed out for another night calving with Jan ... this time a schistosoma reflexus calf. This is an uncommon malformation that occurs when the calf basically forms inside out. Jan was able to remove the calf using a fetotome (with our help, of course!). It was fairly messy, but the cow is doing wonderfully and milking well.

Use of a fetotome involves cutting the calf (which is dead) into smaller pieces and removing them from the uterus one at a time. After the entire calf had been removed, Margaret and Jess tried a "Humpty-Dumpty" and came up with something that resembeled a calf. Notice that all the joints do not point in the correct directions and the intestines formed outside of the abdomen.