What problems happen during the gestation period of a cow?

Answer 1

Gestation period is the time, from the point of fertilization, that the embryo divides and replicates into a fetus, which further grows in the uterus--as a baby calf--until it is too large to grow any more in the uterus and thus needs to be born.

Gestation is a very important part of the conception, growth and development of the calf because the outside world is a very harsh and cruel one that a very fragile, tiny embryo/fetus would otherwise perish in. The cow has the tools (a.k.a the womb or uterus) that helps in not only the protection, warmth, and stable environment that the little baby calf needs, but also in the constant supply of nutrients and waste expulsion through the umbilical cord and the placenta. Without all these tools, this little calf would simply die off and be absorbed into the cow's system. Ultimately, gestation is far more important for calves than cows, even though, in cows, it's a means of producing offspring and spreading their genetics around to future generations.

The gestation period is also a way for producers to tell which cows require more maintenance and labour to keep during their pregnancy and which require less. It's also a means of determining mothering ability, milking ability, calving ease, calf longevity, fertility, and ability to gain weight with suckling a calf, before her next pregnancy.

Answer 2

Every producer hopes that no problems occur during a cow's pregnancy period.