First thing in the morning I checked the new cria and she was looking weak and showed no signs of feeding. At 8 am prompt I called the vet and they told me to be there by 9.30 which is just about how long it takes to hitch up the trailer and drive there. Dr Richardson was on duty and would be waiting for us.

It didn't take long to reach the conclusion that we would need to do a plasma transfer.

Before doing the transfer we drew blood for BVD testing and ARI registration card. No point doing an IgG but we did draw some to do a chemical panel. this was just in case the inability to start nursing had some medical cause.

As Minne and her new cria were happy and calm in the trailer we decided to do the plasma transfer in the trailer. Everything went very well and it took about 30 minutes for the plasma to transfer.





Just as the transfer got underway the new cria leapt up and started drinking from her mother until it ran out of her mouth....typical! We ere delighted as that was going to be the next part of the challenge. She is a pretty large baby and weighed in at 17.5 lbs. when I weighed her the previous day.

The transfer was a great success and now we had a healthy baby who had discovered how to feed from her mother...happiness all round!