SCC’s Cow-Sim provides hands-on training.

The SCC Animal Science Department recently received a cow dystocia simulator for educational training for students in the Applied Animal Science Program. The life-sized model cow has a full-sized calf with a realistic feel that weighs 50 pounds and can be placed in normal and abnormal positions in the cow to practice in the delivery of the calf. A calf-pulling device also comes with the model for students to be able to practice using the equipment before experiencing it in the pasture.

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