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bull and bull EPD comparison
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<blockquote data-quote="Air gator" data-source="post: 1400303" data-attributes="member: 20755"><p>Ok. Here's a scenario for you. So, you are going to AI heifers and you want the highest conception.</p><p>Traditionally, the Scrotal circumference has been used to predict the fertility of bulls. So, you are going to choose bulls to AI with. So, if you have two bulls with similar epds, except one bull has a higher SC epd (His semen has the "regular" amount of sperm cells. But, the other bull's semen has 40 million sperm cells per straw. Which would produce higher conception rates? If you are AI-ing with a bull with a low SC number will you get a lower conception rate? Is there any data on SC epd and conception rates?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Air gator, post: 1400303, member: 20755"] Ok. Here's a scenario for you. So, you are going to AI heifers and you want the highest conception. Traditionally, the Scrotal circumference has been used to predict the fertility of bulls. So, you are going to choose bulls to AI with. So, if you have two bulls with similar epds, except one bull has a higher SC epd (His semen has the "regular" amount of sperm cells. But, the other bull's semen has 40 million sperm cells per straw. Which would produce higher conception rates? If you are AI-ing with a bull with a low SC number will you get a lower conception rate? Is there any data on SC epd and conception rates? [/QUOTE]
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