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belgian blue x brahman cows
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<blockquote data-quote="ANAZAZI" data-source="post: 560659" data-attributes="member: 7541"><p>Breeding belgian blue to brahman sound like a plan if the calf is due to become meat. The calving difficulty of belgian blue is a story for the pure breds and high percentage crossbreds. Now, the gene that brings all the extra muscle is called the myostatine allele, and comes in several varieties. If the calf carries the gene but the cow does not, there is no added calving difficulty. The first generation crossbred cows, the f1:s, are all heterozygous, and usually calve good, even if the calf is homozygous. Second generation, f2:s half of the cows are still heterozygous and do well, but the other half are homozygous and have serious calving difficulty, because the extra muscle to a certain extent blocks the birth canal.</p><p>There is another breed, called piedmontese wich will provide equal muscle combined with decent calvings.</p><p>It has another variety of the myostatine alleles, and brings really slender calves. It is also heat tolerant even as a purebred. Good luck whatever you decide!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ANAZAZI, post: 560659, member: 7541"] Breeding belgian blue to brahman sound like a plan if the calf is due to become meat. The calving difficulty of belgian blue is a story for the pure breds and high percentage crossbreds. Now, the gene that brings all the extra muscle is called the myostatine allele, and comes in several varieties. If the calf carries the gene but the cow does not, there is no added calving difficulty. The first generation crossbred cows, the f1:s, are all heterozygous, and usually calve good, even if the calf is homozygous. Second generation, f2:s half of the cows are still heterozygous and do well, but the other half are homozygous and have serious calving difficulty, because the extra muscle to a certain extent blocks the birth canal. There is another breed, called piedmontese wich will provide equal muscle combined with decent calvings. It has another variety of the myostatine alleles, and brings really slender calves. It is also heat tolerant even as a purebred. Good luck whatever you decide! [/QUOTE]
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