cashwins t1_j6l4j2s wrote on January 31, 2023 at 2:22 AM Reply to comment by Ok-Table-3774 in TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe Most freemartin calves are NOT euthanized. They make for an ideal beef animal thus are valuable from a production standpoint. Permalink Parent 47
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Reply to comment by Ok-Table-3774 in TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones. by awawe
Most freemartin calves are NOT euthanized. They make for an ideal beef animal thus are valuable from a production standpoint.