Calving difficulty in beef cattle
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"Calving difficulty (dystocia) can increase calf losses, cow mortality, and veterinary and labor costs, as well as delay return to estrus and lower conception rates. In two studies at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (MARC), Clay Center, Nebraska, calf losses within 24 hours of birth averaged 4 percent for those born with little or no assistance compared with 16 percent for those requiring assistance. Calf mortality increased by 0.35 percent for every pound of increase in birth weight. In a Hereford herd at the Miles City, Montana, Experiment Station, 57 percent of all calf losses were reported to be due to dystocia."--Page 1.
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