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<blockquote data-quote="HOSS" data-source="post: 704830" data-attributes="member: 1863"><p>I haven't bought the heifers yet. Some things are still pending. The guy who owns them told me that he had a cow in his herd that had some symptoms of Johnes disease and he didn't want me to buy the heifers until he had the cow tested because they were pastured together. I guess it is contagious so we are waiting on the blood test results on the cow.</p><p></p><p>The bull that the heifers are bred to has been used for 3 calving seasons but not on heifers. The BW's of his calves have been around 80 to 85 pounds consistantly when bred to mature cows. That is over maybe 100 calves. The owner felt confident enough to use him on heifers this summer based off of his past performance.</p><p></p><p>If the sick cow has no contagious diseases I will probably buy the heifers and watch them closely at calving time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HOSS, post: 704830, member: 1863"] I haven't bought the heifers yet. Some things are still pending. The guy who owns them told me that he had a cow in his herd that had some symptoms of Johnes disease and he didn't want me to buy the heifers until he had the cow tested because they were pastured together. I guess it is contagious so we are waiting on the blood test results on the cow. The bull that the heifers are bred to has been used for 3 calving seasons but not on heifers. The BW's of his calves have been around 80 to 85 pounds consistantly when bred to mature cows. That is over maybe 100 calves. The owner felt confident enough to use him on heifers this summer based off of his past performance. If the sick cow has no contagious diseases I will probably buy the heifers and watch them closely at calving time. [/QUOTE]
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