What are some of the causes for a grown cow to deliver a calf about 3 months early?

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What are some of the causes for a grown cow to deliver a calf about 3 months early?

2006-11-07 05:51:21 · 1 answers · asked by Missy C 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology

The calf was dead and only weighed about ten pounds. no fur either

2006-11-09 08:38:47 · update #1

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Wasn't sure if you meant a live calf or a stillborn one.

Found an article that may explain stillborn births.
http://extension.usu.edu/files/agpubs/beef36.pdf

Not so sure about early live births ... though I'd consider the possibility that the cow had been knocked, or had slipped & fallen.

2006-11-08 12:23:16 · answer #1 · answered by Solow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋