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<blockquote data-quote="Limomike" data-source="post: 1117793" data-attributes="member: 3400"><p>Dont mean to be the bearer or bad news... but its called : hypotrichosis (hairlessness) is a genetic condition seen in many breeds.</p><p>If your calf lives, it will probably be very susceptible to weather, heat, wet, cold and sunburns, cold stress etc and susceptible to skin infections and injury. In addition many times there are no sweat glands in calves born with hypotrichosis, so if exposed to heat he may not be able to regulate his temperature by sweating - a hairless calf has the potential to have some problems down the road </p><p>All this being said, I did know of one that survived and grew out normal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Limomike, post: 1117793, member: 3400"] Dont mean to be the bearer or bad news... but its called : hypotrichosis (hairlessness) is a genetic condition seen in many breeds. If your calf lives, it will probably be very susceptible to weather, heat, wet, cold and sunburns, cold stress etc and susceptible to skin infections and injury. In addition many times there are no sweat glands in calves born with hypotrichosis, so if exposed to heat he may not be able to regulate his temperature by sweating - a hairless calf has the potential to have some problems down the road All this being said, I did know of one that survived and grew out normal. [/QUOTE]
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