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<blockquote data-quote="CattleAnnie" data-source="post: 26965" data-attributes="member: 220"><p>Interesting point, Dun. It's kind of hard to imagine...165 cows calved out so far this spring, and all pretty good calves with the exception of that one. Cow had the same environment and diet as the rest of herd. Of course, there's another 50 or so yet to go, so I suppose it might show up yet.</p><p></p><p>However, this is our third calf crop on this particular ranch, and over 500 head born and raised here, no big changes in management, so I kind of ruled out environmental or nutritional factors as there hasn't been any previous problems. But that's not to say that it isn't a possibility.</p><p></p><p>Neighbours up the road have had a couple in the past fifteen years... a male calf born with it's hocks jointed backwards (it didn't live very long, a couple of days), and this spring a set of twins where one didn't develop a tail. The vertebrae ended right where her tail should have been. So maybe you're right... might be something in the area.</p><p></p><p>Take care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CattleAnnie, post: 26965, member: 220"] Interesting point, Dun. It's kind of hard to imagine...165 cows calved out so far this spring, and all pretty good calves with the exception of that one. Cow had the same environment and diet as the rest of herd. Of course, there's another 50 or so yet to go, so I suppose it might show up yet. However, this is our third calf crop on this particular ranch, and over 500 head born and raised here, no big changes in management, so I kind of ruled out environmental or nutritional factors as there hasn't been any previous problems. But that's not to say that it isn't a possibility. Neighbours up the road have had a couple in the past fifteen years... a male calf born with it's hocks jointed backwards (it didn't live very long, a couple of days), and this spring a set of twins where one didn't develop a tail. The vertebrae ended right where her tail should have been. So maybe you're right... might be something in the area. Take care. [/QUOTE]
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