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Recently we had a cow calve, and the calf was born dead. Its head is abnormal in that it had a growth on the bridge of its nose. I am not sure what the growth was intended to be; at first I thought it might be a second head, but there are no distinguishing characteristics in it. I remove the growth, and I found that the calf has a hole in its cranium, and brain tissue is exposed. Other than this, and the growth, the calf was normal, and I assume it was delivered normally. We do not inbreed our cows, and there has been no history of genetic birth defects in our herd. I am interested in what would cause this to happen. I would appreciate any info.
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