HDRider
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How much do you let genetic conditions influence your bull choices?
https://www.angus.org/Pub/GeneticConditionCodes.aspx
https://www.angus.org/Pub/GeneticConditionCodes.aspx
HDRider":ma4tscny said:AVOIDANCE OF MATING CARRIER ANIMALS WITH THE SAME GENETIC CONDITION IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF MANAGING THE INCIDENCE OF GENETIC CONDITIONS, AS IS THE STRATEGIC USE OF DNA TESTING.
HDRider":2y9i8xil said:Seems as if many are ignoring the situation.
Exactly!!!Luckiamute":unkp3fib said:I exclusively use AI and won't use any bull that is a carrier or potential carrier of any known genetic defect or condition. I know that most of the semen companies have eliminated bulls with known defects, but there are still a few out there where semen sales continue. If I was in the market for a bull, I would not purchase one that was a carrier or potential carrier. Why take any chances and prolong these issues within this or any breed.
bse":xlpo8wfy said:If the animal even has P for Potential I don't want it, figure if the owner cared it would be cleaned.
If everybody keeps using these LBW bulls on cows there replacements will get worse and worse in my opinion.
I'd never starve a cow just to have a small calf.
If you want to grow that calf after birth and inflate numbers, just feed momma then you can say the calves have never been on creep feed, which is true. Done all the time!!!!
Margonme":33ndsvlc said:bse":33ndsvlc said:If the animal even has P for Potential I don't want it, figure if the owner cared it would be cleaned.
If everybody keeps using these LBW bulls on cows there replacements will get worse and worse in my opinion.
I'd never starve a cow just to have a small calf.
If you want to grow that calf after birth and inflate numbers, just feed momma then you can say the calves have never been on creep feed, which is true. Done all the time!!!!
Barry: I am moving away from the LBW bulls. It is nice to make calving easy but as you say, there is not a lot of growth in most of them.
I lose respect for any "breeders" that sell known carriers as breeding stock as opposed to culling.True Grit Farms":2xfm0psd said:one sold Saturday with the DDC gene to a commercial cattlemen for $2,600. at this sale.
Myself, I wouldn't buy a bull with any known genetic conditions. I always ask myself WHY?