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<blockquote data-quote="seth" data-source="post: 172332" data-attributes="member: 3210"><p>There is nothing more frustrating than devloping a good bull and finding that he only measures 32 or 33 cm at a year. That is simply not enough! To suggest that 30 cm is enough to pass a BSE is missing the point. We see buyer resistance at anything under 35 cm. The testes are the factory that produces semen, small factory, less semen, fewer cows bred. Also it has been proven that scrotal circumference in bulls can be related to fertility in their daughters. The correlation is not nearly as high as it is for the scrotal circumference of his sons but it does exist. I too, have used bulls with lower EPDs for sc and never again. The cost of devloping a good bull only to have him relegated to freezer beef is just too high.</p><p></p><p>If anybody would like to know which bulls have "bitten us in the ass" in this regard just let me know.</p><p></p><p>You can make a stronger case for using a bull with average milk (especially in harsher climates and low input environments), but not for sc, unless it is completely terminal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seth, post: 172332, member: 3210"] There is nothing more frustrating than devloping a good bull and finding that he only measures 32 or 33 cm at a year. That is simply not enough! To suggest that 30 cm is enough to pass a BSE is missing the point. We see buyer resistance at anything under 35 cm. The testes are the factory that produces semen, small factory, less semen, fewer cows bred. Also it has been proven that scrotal circumference in bulls can be related to fertility in their daughters. The correlation is not nearly as high as it is for the scrotal circumference of his sons but it does exist. I too, have used bulls with lower EPDs for sc and never again. The cost of devloping a good bull only to have him relegated to freezer beef is just too high. If anybody would like to know which bulls have "bitten us in the ass" in this regard just let me know. You can make a stronger case for using a bull with average milk (especially in harsher climates and low input environments), but not for sc, unless it is completely terminal. [/QUOTE]
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