free-martin – Beef Cattle

September 3, 2019September 3, 2019

We had a cow that had twin calves (bull and heifer) and were told that more than likely the heifer would be barren when grown. Is this true, and what are the chances of it happening?

Freemartinism is recognized as one of the most severe forms of sexual abnormality among cattle. This condition causes infertility in the female calves born twin to a male. When a heifer twin shares the uterus with a bull fetus, they …