“…The total number of placentomes in the pregnant zebu uterus is about 69 (Stickland & Purton, 1977), significantly lower than the figures of 70-142 quoted for the cow. This reduction may reflect the often poor nutritional status of the zebu as has been shown for the ewe (Everitt, 1968) and in turn may be responsible for the poor calf survival rates in this species (Turner, 1980 (Batra & Pandy, 1983a) or cow (Kindahl et al, 1976) is pregnant.…”