okay I had a calf born hairless the other day...here's a picture

I have never seen this before and Its a bit freaky

IS THIS A COMMON OCCURANCE?





I don't know what breed this calf is but hypotrichosis (hairlessness) is a genetic condition seen in many breeds with a variety of associated other (sometimes lethal) abnormalities.



Your calf, if it should live, will be very susceptible to weather, heat, wet, cold - ie sunburn, cold stress etc and susceptible to skin infections and injury. In addition many times there are no sweat glands in calves born with hypotrichosis, so if exposed to heat he may be unable to regulate his temperature by sweating - a hairless calf has the potential to have some problems down the road