Jaw-Dropping Recovery: UF Veterinarians Save Injured Dairy Calf Using Creative 3D Solution
Thanks to a creative solution devised by University of Florida veterinarians using 3D printing technology, a newborn calf that sustained a broken lower jaw soon after birth at the UF dairy farm in Hague has fully recovered and is now an 11-month-old growing heifer in the herd.
“We were at the farm soon after she was born, and the staff asked us to look at her because she was standing with her mouth hanging open,” said Fiona Maunsell, BV.Sc., Ph.D., a clinical assistant professor with the UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s food animal reproduction and medicine service. Veterinarians from the service regularly visit the farm, run by UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and located in Hague, Florida, to provide care for its dairy cows and calves.
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