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<blockquote data-quote="bigag03" data-source="post: 900509" data-attributes="member: 9247"><p>If you are considering bulls of two different breeds for the same set of cows, then I am sure some degree of crossbreeding is about to happen. If you have a set of Angus cows and you are trying to choose between and Angus bull and a Hereford bull, there is not a number in the world that can do this (even the across breed table) because the Angus will have no heterosis and the Hereford will have 100% heterosis. If you had a set of F1 Black Baldy cows and tried to make the same comparison, both bulls would have 50% heterosis with the female so a comparison could be made. I (and I believe many others too) would question the accuracy of the across breed table even in this scenario, but at least you would be comparing apples to apples.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigag03, post: 900509, member: 9247"] If you are considering bulls of two different breeds for the same set of cows, then I am sure some degree of crossbreeding is about to happen. If you have a set of Angus cows and you are trying to choose between and Angus bull and a Hereford bull, there is not a number in the world that can do this (even the across breed table) because the Angus will have no heterosis and the Hereford will have 100% heterosis. If you had a set of F1 Black Baldy cows and tried to make the same comparison, both bulls would have 50% heterosis with the female so a comparison could be made. I (and I believe many others too) would question the accuracy of the across breed table even in this scenario, but at least you would be comparing apples to apples. [/QUOTE]
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