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When a cow is pregnant with multiple offspring (twins or more) there is movement of hormones between them, particularly if they share the same placenta. In the case where there is a male fetus and a female fetus, the hormones (testosterone) produced by the male can negatively affect development of the female reproductive organs causing her to be born sterile, in which case the reproductive organs of the female are underdeveloped and/or she also displays male reproductive organs. The sterile female calf is thus called a 'freemartin'.
This is one reason why it is undesirable for cows to carry multiple offspring and why farmers do not encourage or select for this condition.
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Are freemartin cattle good to eat?
Certainly!
What percentage of freemartin cattle will breed?
All freemartins will breed, but only five to 10% of freemartins will be fertile enough to concieve and give birth.
What is a female calf born sterile as twin to male calf?
It is called a freemartin.
What is a female calf that is born sterile and is a twin to a male calf called?
A freemartin.
What do you call a heifer that is also a twin?
You could call it a heifer, or a twin heifer if the sibling is also a heifer, or a freemartin if the heifer's sib is a bull calf.
What do you call the male and female twins?
The female would obviously be a freemartin if she had shared the placenta with her brother, and her brother would simply be known as a bull calf.
Do cattle ranches raise cattle?
They raise cattle or beef cattle
What type of cattle are saler cattle?
Salers are beef cattle.
What do cattle ranches raise?
They raise cattle or beef cattle
Are bovine male and female twins fertile?
Bull calves are always fertile in this twinning, but 9 times out of 10 the heifer calf isn't. She turns out to be what is called a Freemartin or a Hermaphrodite.
3 main cattle mounds found in Congaree National Swamp?
cattle mound #6 koocs cattle mound and i do not know the last one Some other ones are Big Lake Cattle Mound, Brady's Cattle Mound, Cooks Lake Cattle Mound, Cooners Cattle Mound, and Dead River Cattle Mound. 3 Cooner's Cattle Mount, Big Lake Cattle Mount, koocs cattle mound
What are slaughter cattle?
Cattle meant to be sent to the slaughter house to be slaughtered and eaten.
