Surgical correction of a persistent umbilical cord

A Piedmontese calf 24 hours after birth, with persistence of the umbilical cord: the breeder applied a ligature including the umbilical sheath and the arteries that broke outside the umbilicus. In these cases, without timely intervention, the risk of developing an umbilical infection or the onset, within a few days, of an umbilical granuloma increases considerably.
Surgical procedure.