Whittier, W. DeeCurrin, NancyCurrin, John F.Hall, John B.2014-11-052014-11-052005-09-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50696Calving difficulty, technically called dystocia, is a major cause of death loss in cow-calf herds. Studies indicate that dystocia is responsible for 33 percent of all calf losses and 15.4 percent of beef cattle breeding losses.7 pagesapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.Beef cattleVeterinary medicineBeef cattle -- ParturitionShoulder dystociaExtension publicationhttp://pubs.ext.vt.edu/400/400-018/400-018_pdf.pdfCalvingDystociaBeef cattle