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Pelvic Measurements and Calving Difficulty

Last Updated: November 16, 2009

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Fact Sheet Written by:

L.H. Anderson, Ph.D., and K.D. Bullock, Ph.D., Department of Animal Sciences, Extension Beef Specialists

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University of Kentucky http://www.ca.uky.edu

Although researchers agree that birth weight is the most important measurable trait affecting calving difficulty, there is evidence that the size and shape of the pelvis also has an effect on a heifer's ability to calve.

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