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Tiny Calf ... Possible Dwarfism?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1318384" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>A dwarf is not or does not have to be small all over. It will have shorter legs than it looks like it ought to and will have a domed type head or some malformation. I have not seen one in 50+ years but they are not "just tiny". Another chat site had a rumor for years and years that a new defect was going to be found with their name of "itty bitties". That seems to have died a death of over talking and under proving. Sometimes there is going to be an odd small one. Sometimes a calf is born normal and has no growth to be small at weaning. Some stall out at weaning. This can occur in any and all species. The best thing to do is to make a note about the sire and dam just in case it repeats, know that this calf will be a money loser and move on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1318384, member: 24565"] A dwarf is not or does not have to be small all over. It will have shorter legs than it looks like it ought to and will have a domed type head or some malformation. I have not seen one in 50+ years but they are not "just tiny". Another chat site had a rumor for years and years that a new defect was going to be found with their name of "itty bitties". That seems to have died a death of over talking and under proving. Sometimes there is going to be an odd small one. Sometimes a calf is born normal and has no growth to be small at weaning. Some stall out at weaning. This can occur in any and all species. The best thing to do is to make a note about the sire and dam just in case it repeats, know that this calf will be a money loser and move on. [/QUOTE]
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