Ever wondered what the bovine version of Arnold Schwarzenegger would look like? Probably not! But there is, in fact, a cattle breed that looks like a bovine bodybuilder on steroids. The name of this ...

The most common cause of dystocia or difficult birth is a calf that is too large to fit through the birth canal and the opening in the cow's pelvis. This is termed fetal-dam disparity and can be from ...

The calving process is natural and a majority of time it happens without much fanfare—which is by design. However, there are situations where cows or heifers need help and intervention is necessary to ...

Maternal/Fetal Disproportion is the main cause of dystocia. This simply refers to a mismatch between the size of the fetus and the size of the dam. In this case, the calf is larger than the birth ...

A small percentage of cows will experience problems when calving and breeders would like to know which cows are at risk. Using the vast dataset of the Dutch cattle breeding company CRV, computer ...

Calving difficulty, or dystocia, costs the U.S. beef and dairy cattle industries more than $400 million annually. Females giving birth to their first calf are most likely to have difficulty, but ...