Mesorat%20hashas for Bekhorot 13:12

הואיל וכתיב

[that the law of the firstling does not apply] until the animal is an ox and its first-born is an ox, and therefore it is not sufficient for the offspring to resemble its mother to the extent only of its head and the greater part of its body, but the whole animal must resemble its mother.

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