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<blockquote data-quote="Little Cow" data-source="post: 365211" data-attributes="member: 5507"><p>Hello there,</p><p></p><p>A healthy, vigorous, little heifer arrived today. I just had one question, the cow has unusual teats: two are much thicker and larger than the others. The way they point is a little different, too. The rear ones are angled forward. I don't believe she has mastitis, but I will check for heat. The calf seems to favor the ones that are easier for her to get her mouth around, (though she does go after the big ones as well). If I understand correctly, this is a maternal trait that the cow can pass one to her offspring. Is that right? Is it likely that her heifer calves would be affected or would the bulls also carry the genes for their offspring? Last question is how bad would this trait be? We aren't talking show cattle here, so I want to know if the risk of mastitis is higher in unevenly shaped teats or if it is simply undesirable for looks?</p><p></p><p>Here's a few pictures.</p><p></p><p>Heifer calf arrived this morning before we returned from church, so her name is Easter, of course.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/lonesomepinefarm/ZGEastercalf019.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/lonesomepinefarm/ZGEastercalf031.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Little Cow, post: 365211, member: 5507"] Hello there, A healthy, vigorous, little heifer arrived today. I just had one question, the cow has unusual teats: two are much thicker and larger than the others. The way they point is a little different, too. The rear ones are angled forward. I don't believe she has mastitis, but I will check for heat. The calf seems to favor the ones that are easier for her to get her mouth around, (though she does go after the big ones as well). If I understand correctly, this is a maternal trait that the cow can pass one to her offspring. Is that right? Is it likely that her heifer calves would be affected or would the bulls also carry the genes for their offspring? Last question is how bad would this trait be? We aren't talking show cattle here, so I want to know if the risk of mastitis is higher in unevenly shaped teats or if it is simply undesirable for looks? Here's a few pictures. Heifer calf arrived this morning before we returned from church, so her name is Easter, of course. [img]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/lonesomepinefarm/ZGEastercalf019.jpg[/img] [img]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/lonesomepinefarm/ZGEastercalf031.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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