rkm
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While I was in dairy business we had a lot of upside down calves , some upside down and backward. Some years worse than others. Vets never had a good answer for it. We also had a problem with twisted Uteruses.
W.B.":2c1190wi said:I have heard of operations having a lot of trouble with backwards calves. They sold all of their bulls and replaced them. This pretty much eliminated the problem.
I had a cow that had three backwards calves in her lifetime. Makes me think that it is genetic. Have kept daughters from her and they have never had a backwards calve.
I definitely would try to do something different on the sire side of the equation.
W.B. said:I have heard of operations having a lot of trouble with backwards calves. They sold all of their bulls and replaced them. This pretty much eliminated the problem.
I had a cow that had three backwards calves in her lifetime. Makes me think that it is genetic. Have kept daughters from her and they have never had a backwards calve.
I definitely would try to do something different on the sire side of the equation.
CattleAnnie":3l9dy4ry said:Randi,
Sometimes these things just happen.
Hang in there...hopefully you're through with dealing with them - at least for this calving season. ;-)
Take care.
W.B.":3768q9t9 said:Mikec: There was an article in either Beef Toady or Beef magazine on the backward calf subject. The vet quoted in the article said they had a producer that solved the problem by changing bulls. It has to do with the rate of fetus growth during the last trimester I think.
W.B.":2lpf51gg said:Mikec: There was an article in either Beef Toady or Beef magazine on the backward calf subject. The vet quoted in the article said they had a producer that solved the problem by changing bulls. It has to do with the rate of fetus growth during the last trimester I think.
MikeC":3qk72q5o said:W.B.":3qk72q5o said:Mikec: There was an article in either Beef Toady or Beef magazine on the backward calf subject. The vet quoted in the article said they had a producer that solved the problem by changing bulls. It has to do with the rate of fetus growth during the last trimester I think.
But wouldn't the rate of fetus growth in the last trimester have more to do with management and cow genetics?
Not sure I agree but I'm still listening and I want to know.
MikeC":3onyp2st said:W.B.":3onyp2st said:Mikec: There was an article in either Beef Toady or Beef magazine on the backward calf subject. The vet quoted in the article said they had a producer that solved the problem by changing bulls. It has to do with the rate of fetus growth during the last trimester I think.
But wouldn't the rate of fetus growth in the last trimester have more to do with management and cow genetics?
Not sure I agree but I'm still listening and I want to know.
jcarkie":3ml04b8j said:this is a very interesting subject, could it have something to do with the calf turning before birth? or not turning before birth? something to think about
jcarkie":2ddk4olz said:this is a very interesting subject, could it have something to do with the calf turning before birth? or not turning before birth? something to think about
LonghornRanch":vrdy1oou said:LOL! :lol:cedar":vrdy1oou said:Turn AI gun over