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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 1765"><p>They are not always sterile, only over 90% of the time. The attached site has information on a blood test to detect freemartins.</p><p></p><p><A HREF="http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/cattle/cttlfree.htm" TARGET="_blank">http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/cattle/cttlfree.htm</A></p><p></p><p>dunmovin farms</p><p></p><p>> I read with interest the messages</p><p>> regarding twins. I recently</p><p>> purchased a beautiful longhorn</p><p>> heifer @ 6 months old. I have</p><p>> recently discovered that she is a</p><p>> twin and that the other calf was a</p><p>> bull calf that died at 3 months of</p><p>> age. My husband states that for</p><p>> some reason twin calves are always</p><p>> infertile. What is the rationale</p><p>> behind this phenomenon? I would</p><p>> like to know the pathophysiology</p><p>> if anyone knows. Am horribly</p><p>> disappointed as I had intended to</p><p>> incorporate this calf into the cow</p><p>> herd in the future and now will</p><p>> only be able to use her for</p><p>> roping/sorting events for a year</p><p>> or two. Oh well, lessons learned!</p><p>> Thanks to all for your help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 1765"] They are not always sterile, only over 90% of the time. The attached site has information on a blood test to detect freemartins. <A HREF="http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/cattle/cttlfree.htm" TARGET="_blank">http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/cattle/cttlfree.htm</A> dunmovin farms > I read with interest the messages > regarding twins. I recently > purchased a beautiful longhorn > heifer @ 6 months old. I have > recently discovered that she is a > twin and that the other calf was a > bull calf that died at 3 months of > age. My husband states that for > some reason twin calves are always > infertile. What is the rationale > behind this phenomenon? I would > like to know the pathophysiology > if anyone knows. Am horribly > disappointed as I had intended to > incorporate this calf into the cow > herd in the future and now will > only be able to use her for > roping/sorting events for a year > or two. Oh well, lessons learned! > Thanks to all for your help! [/QUOTE]
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