acidosis in newly born calves

Agrivator

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A TV programme the other night (The Mart, shown on BBC 2 Scotland) showed a fairly difficult calving using a calving aid.
As soon as the calf hit the ground, the farmer's son? injected it , or rather jabbed it very quickly in the neck area with what looked like a full 30 or 40 ml syringe.
Nobody made any comment, but I assume it was injectable Sodium Bicarbonate to counter acidosis often experienced by calves which have be subjected to a difficult calving. But would a subcutaneous rather than an intravenous injection have any effect?
 

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