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Correlation between calf weight and cow longevity?
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<blockquote data-quote="brandonm_13" data-source="post: 624169" data-attributes="member: 7875"><p>It's not really as much the size of the calf as it is the difficulty in calving. Lots of holsteins can pop out big calves, but that's not as big of a deal because they are larger too. It depends on the size of the calf relative to the size of the cow. Shape of pelvis, shoulders on the calf, how the calf is turned, how fat or thin the cow is, all can be variables that go into how easy/difficult calving is. And difficult calving causes stress. Stress lowers the effectiveness of the immune function, which affects how easy or hard it is for a cow to get diseases. Some diseases can kill a cow. Some cause only small problems, and some "cured" diseases never really seem to go away, and seem to pop back up later on in life. Each of those can affect how long a cow is productive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brandonm_13, post: 624169, member: 7875"] It's not really as much the size of the calf as it is the difficulty in calving. Lots of holsteins can pop out big calves, but that's not as big of a deal because they are larger too. It depends on the size of the calf relative to the size of the cow. Shape of pelvis, shoulders on the calf, how the calf is turned, how fat or thin the cow is, all can be variables that go into how easy/difficult calving is. And difficult calving causes stress. Stress lowers the effectiveness of the immune function, which affects how easy or hard it is for a cow to get diseases. Some diseases can kill a cow. Some cause only small problems, and some "cured" diseases never really seem to go away, and seem to pop back up later on in life. Each of those can affect how long a cow is productive. [/QUOTE]
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