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  2. Freemartin - Wikipedia

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    A freemartin is the normal outcome of mixed twins in all cattle species which have been studied. [16] It is most frequent in cattle and does not normally occur in most other mammals, [16] though it has been recorded in sheep, [17] [18] goats, [19] [18] and pigs. [20]

  3. False pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Examination, ultrasound, and pregnancy tests can be used to rule out false pregnancy. [1] False pregnancy has a prominent psychiatric component as well as physical manifestations of pregnancy. [2] It can be caused by trauma (either physical or mental), a chemical imbalance of hormones, [2] [3] and some medical conditions. [1]

  4. Pseudopregnancy - Wikipedia

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    The length of pseudopregnancy varies greatly with the mean duration being 41 days. After pseudopregnancy, the female cat returns to proestrus and can become pregnant again. The pseudopregnancy lasts around half the length of a normal pregnancy in cats. This is advantageous to cats as they can conceive earlier making them more efficient in ...

  5. Interspecific pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    There have been both successful and unsuccessful examples of interspecific pregnancy in a multitude of different animals: “alpaca and lama (Godke 2001), cow (Bos taurus) and zebu (Bos indicus; Summers et al. 1983), banteng (Bos javanicus) and cow (Bos taurus; Solti et al. 2000), horse, donkey, Przewalski’s horse and Grant’s zebra (Summers ...

  6. Mooncalf - Wikipedia

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    A mooncalf (or moon-calf) is a monstrous birth, the abortive fetus of a cow or other farm animal.The term was occasionally applied to an abortive human fetus.. The term derives from the once widespread superstition, present in many European folk traditions, that such malformed creatures were the product of the sinister influence of the Moon on fetal development.

  7. Farmers really do feed their cows Skittles -- here's why - AOL

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    The sugar in candy won't have a bad effect on the cow or the human eating it, Chuck Hurst, a livestock nutritionist, told CNN. Farmers really do feed their cows Skittles — here's why.

  8. Cows can now text farmers when they're under the weather - AOL

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  9. Dairy cattle - Wikipedia

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    Artificial light and daylight inlets have an impact on milk production and cow behavior. [41] For cows in lactation a light program of 16 hours light and 8 hours of darkness is recommended, [42] while for non-lactating pregnant cows 8 hours of light and 16 hours of darkness seem to be a better fit. [43]