Norman
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∙ 14y agoA calf is a baby cow and a holstein cow is a cow that has not had a baby yet and can not give milk.
A newborn calf can, though rarely, get around 220 lbs at birth. Average size though is around 60 to 80 lbs, though it's not uncommon for a cow to give birth to a calf that is over 100 lbs either.
This is a really odd question, because, logically, a cow only gives birth once to a calf. In her lifetime she will give birth to over 10 calves.
There is no such thing as a "cow egg." Cows don't lay eggs, they give birth to live calves, since they are mammals, not birds. Thus, a baby calf would have the same number of chromosomes as its mother.
Because it's less work to have a calf-turned adult cow, bull, steer or heifer, forage on its own than to give it milk every day. Besides, the cow that is close to calving can't afford to have milk for both her older offspring and her new calf, so the older calf has to be weaned.
give birth to a calf.
No, absolutely not. A calf should be given milk formula designed for calves and calves ONLY, not for human babies. You could kill a calf if you give it baby formula because it lacks certain nutrients that calves need that human babies don't need or need less of than a calf does.
A calf is a baby cow and a holstein cow is a cow that has not had a baby yet and can not give milk.
A baby elephant is called a calf, like a baby cowA calf.A young elephant is called a calf.Elephants are considered social animals and normally give birth after a gestation period of 12 months. The young one of an elephant is called a calf.
Dolphins are classified under mammalia, therefore they give birth to live young. A baby dolphin is called a calf.
Please check with your local large animal veterinarian for details on what's best to give the calf. You didn't give enough symptoms or details of the calf's condition to get any relevant answers, since there are over a 100 things than can make a calf suddenly stop eating and make it sick.
Dolphins usually give birth to one calf per pregnancy. Although, occasionally they will give birth to multiple offspring.
Blue whales only give birth to one baby (calf) at a time.
From an auction mart or from a dairy farm that are selling calves, or from a cow that is pregnant and is nearly ready to give birth.
NOTHING can or should replace Colostrum when feeding a newborn calf. You MUST feed a new baby calf colostrum within 24 hours after it is born. There is nothing man-made or similar than can replace colostrum.
Dolphins are mammals, so they give birth to a live baby dolphin. A mother dolphin gives birth in the water, and her baby is called a "calf." It takes about twelve months for it to be born.
They usually only have one calf, twins can occur but are very rare.