Personnel from State Emergency Services NSW Port Macquarie took up the bovine call for aid with staff from Fire and Rescue NSW Laurieton around 11am on Sunday, September 1.

The crews used slides and winches to free the mud stuck moo-er from the edge of a dam on a Batar Creek Road property.

Port Macquarie SES unit commander Michael Ward said the task was a good opportunity to apply recently acquired skills from a rescuing large animals course in June.

"Our members are trained in large animal rescue and on attending site worked with Laurieton Fire and Rescue NSW to secure the cow," he said.

"We rolled her onto a glide (large slide used for moving animals) and winched her onto a trailer.

"This was a careful and involved process working together to ensure the safety of all personnel on site and to manage the cow to ensure she received no further injury.

"She was then transported to the house paddock where we reversed the process to get her off the trailer and assist her to her knees."

The sticky retrieval took about one and a half hours before Daisy was moved back onto solid ground, fed and given water.

"The landowner did everything right - they had tried to retrieve the animal themselves and with assistance of neighbours," said Mr Ward.

"Upon recognising additional assistance was required had contacted their vet and then the emergency services.

"They monitor their animals and identified the problem early to maximise the probability of a successful recovery.

"The retrieval of a large animal is a delicate operation to ensure no further injury is caused and by attempting a rescue without training can cause significant injury to the animal."