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FREE-MARTIN [1 record]

Record 1 2024-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
  • Animal Reproduction
  • Cattle Raising
DEF

A female calf that is born as a twin to a male calf and is partly masculinized in anatomy and typically sterile, apparently from the action of male hormones in the womb.

Key term(s)
  • free martin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
  • Reproduction des animaux
  • Élevage des bovins
DEF

Jumeau femelle d'une vache [...] dont le développement ovarien a été arrêté par un échange anormal de sang, au stade embryonnaire, avec le jumeau mâle, et qui est généralement stérile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
  • Reproducción de animales
  • Cría de ganado bovino
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