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bull w/no calves--what do you do?
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 2701"><p>Two years is an awful long time for that situation to persist!</p><p></p><p>But you are certainly correct in that you can have a bull that passes a BSE with flying colors and he still doesn't get the cows bred. Unfortunately, they can't test for libido. But in your case that doesn't sound like it could be the situation, if you are certain that particular bull was the sire of calves you got(although it is possible that the bull may have developed a problem after siring your calves). Your customer may be peeing in your boot and trying to tell you its raining!</p><p></p><p>I had a somewhat similar experience with a young virgin bull I bought at a special bull auction some years ago. He had passed the BSE just fine but I suspected something was wrong when, after 3 or 4 months worth of trips out to my place to feed, count cows, monitor, etc. I never once saw him mount a cow, do the sniff and lip curl routine, etc. Sure enough I got precious few calves out of him, if any, before I sent him packing. The calves I did get could have been from my neighbor's bull, who had never before come across the fence but felt compelled to do so when I had this particular bull. And no, it wasn't a problem of fertility or disease with all the cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 2701"] Two years is an awful long time for that situation to persist! But you are certainly correct in that you can have a bull that passes a BSE with flying colors and he still doesn't get the cows bred. Unfortunately, they can't test for libido. But in your case that doesn't sound like it could be the situation, if you are certain that particular bull was the sire of calves you got(although it is possible that the bull may have developed a problem after siring your calves). Your customer may be peeing in your boot and trying to tell you its raining! I had a somewhat similar experience with a young virgin bull I bought at a special bull auction some years ago. He had passed the BSE just fine but I suspected something was wrong when, after 3 or 4 months worth of trips out to my place to feed, count cows, monitor, etc. I never once saw him mount a cow, do the sniff and lip curl routine, etc. Sure enough I got precious few calves out of him, if any, before I sent him packing. The calves I did get could have been from my neighbor's bull, who had never before come across the fence but felt compelled to do so when I had this particular bull. And no, it wasn't a problem of fertility or disease with all the cows. [/QUOTE]
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