Calf Birth Weights - Request for info

[Louisa Gidney]

For those of you who don't know me, I'm an archaeologist specialising in the study of animal bones. At the moment I'm looking at data on infant calf bones from a possible vellum workshop on Lindisfarne. The metapodial bone length measurements produce normal distribution curves but there is quite a range between smallest and largest. So, I don't know if this is a normal new born pattern or whether it is influenced by sex ratio or age, if some animals are a little older than new born.
To get an idea of the normal newborn range, I would like some data on birth weights. All I need is the weight and sex of new born calves, though short/nonshort info would be helpful too. All data will be most gratefullly accepted, either metric or imperial.
I've made enquiry of DCS but am still awaiting a response.

[Inger]

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