Article
Inheritance of the "rat-tail" syndrome and its effect on calf performance.
Journal of animal science - 1 May 1999
Schalles R R, Cundiff L V
Abstract excerpt
A form of congenital hypotrichosis, commonly know as the "rat-tail syndrome," occurs in a small percentage of calves produced by crossing some Continental cattle breeds with cattle that are black in color. These calves are characterized by short, curly, malformed, sometimes sparse hair and a lack of normal tail switch development. In our first study, performance of 43 rat-tail calves was compared with that of 570...
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