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<blockquote data-quote="jilleroo" data-source="post: 671827" data-attributes="member: 8192"><p>I find this interesting as a stud breeder who visited recently commented they were experiencing a high incidence of breech births from embryo transfers calves. When I pressed him as to exact details, it turned out most were just calves coming back legs first, not a proper breech birth, although they had had two of those. He said some calves backlegs were so rigidly set in a pulled back position that they needed a few days of therapy to help them walk properly. They have embryo transferred for many years and said malpresentations are a feature.</p><p>We would assist no more than two proper breech births out of about each thousand heifers over a few years. I can remember two very well - they were one day after the other! Different mobs, different paddocks, different bulls, different everything. Real armbreakers, without the assistance of an epidural. Home alone, muscly neighbours were the only way to go!! One calf was dead, one alive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jilleroo, post: 671827, member: 8192"] I find this interesting as a stud breeder who visited recently commented they were experiencing a high incidence of breech births from embryo transfers calves. When I pressed him as to exact details, it turned out most were just calves coming back legs first, not a proper breech birth, although they had had two of those. He said some calves backlegs were so rigidly set in a pulled back position that they needed a few days of therapy to help them walk properly. They have embryo transferred for many years and said malpresentations are a feature. We would assist no more than two proper breech births out of about each thousand heifers over a few years. I can remember two very well - they were one day after the other! Different mobs, different paddocks, different bulls, different everything. Real armbreakers, without the assistance of an epidural. Home alone, muscly neighbours were the only way to go!! One calf was dead, one alive. [/QUOTE]
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