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<blockquote data-quote="alexfarms" data-source="post: 663886" data-attributes="member: 8677"><p>I am not an Angus breeder, but I am a purebred cattle breeder and I dealt with genetic abnormalities in the 80's and early 90's and my conclusion was to move toward linebreeding and proving the genetics, so that i didn't have to start over again every few years because of the genetic abnormalities I was continually bringing in through AI to high performance outcross and show bulls. I think the conclusion people will come to is we just have to find ways to prove what we have and build from there and linebreeding is the best way I have found to do it. I think the cattle I am raising today are more "what you see is what you get" kind of cattle and I don't think there will be as many genetic surprises in them.....I think that is the kind of foundation anyone can build on. There are alot of good linebreeding programs in the Angus breed that can be tapped into by any Angus breeder that wants to move in that direction. I think Angus breeders would be doing themselves a favor if they tried to do the things that will prevent the genetic abnormalities from damageing them in the future rather than obssessing with the dna tests that exist today . JMHO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alexfarms, post: 663886, member: 8677"] I am not an Angus breeder, but I am a purebred cattle breeder and I dealt with genetic abnormalities in the 80's and early 90's and my conclusion was to move toward linebreeding and proving the genetics, so that i didn't have to start over again every few years because of the genetic abnormalities I was continually bringing in through AI to high performance outcross and show bulls. I think the conclusion people will come to is we just have to find ways to prove what we have and build from there and linebreeding is the best way I have found to do it. I think the cattle I am raising today are more "what you see is what you get" kind of cattle and I don't think there will be as many genetic surprises in them.....I think that is the kind of foundation anyone can build on. There are alot of good linebreeding programs in the Angus breed that can be tapped into by any Angus breeder that wants to move in that direction. I think Angus breeders would be doing themselves a favor if they tried to do the things that will prevent the genetic abnormalities from damageing them in the future rather than obssessing with the dna tests that exist today . JMHO [/QUOTE]
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