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<blockquote data-quote="boondocks" data-source="post: 1067530" data-attributes="member: 20599"><p><strong>Any sense having the heifer tested for it now</strong>?</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Is the heifer a potential carrier because of her genetics ? </p><p> I would just wait and if you get a calf you want to keep for a replacement bull or heifer - then test it..[/quote]</p><p></p><p>Yes, heifer is a potential carrier, but it's a ways back in her pedigree--like many, to "Ken Caryl Mr Angus", AAA Reg. No. 8989216. So far as I can tell in a quick whiffle, no others in her line have come up DDC yet, just a string of DDP in one line carried thru from that bull. I have another cow that's DDP (also AMP, NHP) so I will probably just go ahead and test them both. The tests don't look too pricey (DD test looks like $22) and I'd rather just know, I guess.....</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="boondocks, post: 1067530, member: 20599"] [b]Any sense having the heifer tested for it now[/b]?[/quote] Is the heifer a potential carrier because of her genetics ? I would just wait and if you get a calf you want to keep for a replacement bull or heifer - then test it..[/quote] Yes, heifer is a potential carrier, but it's a ways back in her pedigree--like many, to "Ken Caryl Mr Angus", AAA Reg. No. 8989216. So far as I can tell in a quick whiffle, no others in her line have come up DDC yet, just a string of DDP in one line carried thru from that bull. I have another cow that's DDP (also AMP, NHP) so I will probably just go ahead and test them both. The tests don't look too pricey (DD test looks like $22) and I'd rather just know, I guess..... [/QUOTE]
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