sewall":sa6anpf7 said:Hey do any of you know if a person can do some sort of test or something to tell if a heifer is a freemartin? Or do you just have to wait and see if she gets bred or not.
bigbull338":2l6vpe05 said:as said you can do a blood test.or you can have the vet palpate her at 10 months old.i can look at a heifer after she is so old an pretty much tell if shes a freemartin.does her vulva have hair on it.an can you see her bagg an teats.or do you you just see buttons.an no loose bagg.if you dont see those 2 things odds is its a freemartin.
Lammie":2vek9zxg said:If the heifer is the twin to a bull calf she will usually be a Freemartin. The teats and hair thing are pretty obvious. Once you have seen one you will be able pretty much to tell after that.
dun":3kzq0yie said:Lammie":3kzq0yie said:If the heifer is the twin to a bull calf she will usually be a Freemartin. The teats and hair thing are pretty obvious. Once you have seen one you will be able pretty much to tell after that.
Sometimes. There are also those that are comletely normal in appearance and even have the plumbing intact but lack the hormones to maintaine a pregnancy. UC Davis blood test is 100%, seems like someone mentioned another one that was cheaper not to long ago.
GenMark Lab in Wisconsin does it for $39.00. Will let you know how mine turns out....dun":1dap542v said:Lammie":1dap542v said:If the heifer is the twin to a bull calf she will usually be a Freemartin. The teats and hair thing are pretty obvious. Once you have seen one you will be able pretty much to tell after that.
Sometimes. There are also those that are comletely normal in appearance and even have the plumbing intact but lack the hormones to maintaine a pregnancy. UC Davis blood test is 100%, seems like someone mentioned another one that was cheaper not to long ago.