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<blockquote data-quote="Farminlund" data-source="post: 63306" data-attributes="member: 1132"><p>Since 11/21/03 we have had 46 cows calve (~14 mos). Of that, 8 had twins or ~17%; just the other day I had to pull a set of twins as they were both trying to get out at the same time – unfortunately, I was too late & both were dead. Of the remaining 7 pairs delivered naturally, 2 delivered dead twins, 2 successful with acceptance of both, while 3 moms accepted only 1, & of those 3, I managed to save 2 either by "forcing" the mother to accept or thru adoption by another mother. This current situation is not very desirable; both from labor perspective & cost, as twins do not grow as well as singles. What can I so to stop what to me is a high incidence of twins? Cattle are angus, service is both by bull & AI.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farminlund, post: 63306, member: 1132"] Since 11/21/03 we have had 46 cows calve (~14 mos). Of that, 8 had twins or ~17%; just the other day I had to pull a set of twins as they were both trying to get out at the same time – unfortunately, I was too late & both were dead. Of the remaining 7 pairs delivered naturally, 2 delivered dead twins, 2 successful with acceptance of both, while 3 moms accepted only 1, & of those 3, I managed to save 2 either by “forcing” the mother to accept or thru adoption by another mother. This current situation is not very desirable; both from labor perspective & cost, as twins do not grow as well as singles. What can I so to stop what to me is a high incidence of twins? Cattle are angus, service is both by bull & AI. [/QUOTE]
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