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Not usually, only the heifers are affected by infertility due to twinning.
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Are twin heifer calves born infertile?
No. Only a heifer calf twinned to a bull calf will be infertile, not twin heifer calves.
Is heifer calf twinned to a bull calf always infertile?
95 percent of the time they are, they are called Freemartins
Are twin heifers sterile?
No. A heifer would only be sterile if she was twinned with a bull calf.
What is the name of a bull calf?
A bull calf.
If a cow has twins can the twin get pregnant?
Only if the twin is a heifer and if that twin has been tested negative for being a freemartin (IF she had been twinned with a bull calf). Twin heifers are both highly likely to get pregnant when they reach puberty.
Are twin heifer calves born infertile?
No. Only a heifer calf twinned to a bull calf will be infertile, not twin heifer calves.
Are fraternal twin calves infertile?
It doesn't work that way. A heifer calf is only infertile if she is twinned with a bull calf and if her and that bull calf share the same placental tissues. In most cases such twins are fraternal, but simply stating that fraternal twins versus maternal twins are more prone to infertility than the other is stating falsehoods.
Is heifer calf twinned to a bull calf always infertile?
95 percent of the time they are, they are called Freemartins
When does a Brahman bulls' nuts drop?
They should've dropped before the bull calf was born. If not then you have a crypto bull on your hands, and an infertile one at that.
Are twin heifers sterile?
No. A heifer would only be sterile if she was twinned with a bull calf.
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 is the name of a bull calf?
A bull calf.
What is the opposite word bull-calf?
calf-bull
If a cow has twins can the twin get pregnant?
Only if the twin is a heifer and if that twin has been tested negative for being a freemartin (IF she had been twinned with a bull calf). Twin heifers are both highly likely to get pregnant when they reach puberty.
Can a bull be infertile?
Yes.
How is a male calf called?
Bull calf if intact; steer calf if castrated.
When twin female calves are born is one or both sterile?
Neither. Both calves will be fertile. You will only get a sterile female calf if she's born to a twin bull brother.
