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what does polled mean and also what does it mean to flush a cow? thanks for any info you have
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Polled is genetically hornless. A polled animal can either be homozygous polled - two polled genes. Heterozygous polled means one horn gene one polled gene. Polled is dominant so an animal with one polled gene or two horned genes will be polled. Flushing as it is commonly used refers to flushing fertiled eggs for furhter implantation in recipent cows. It also refers to feeding a special ration to increase condition and hopefully fertility.
dun
> what does polled mean and also
> what does it mean to flush a cow?
> thanks for any info you have
dun
> what does polled mean and also
> what does it mean to flush a cow?
> thanks for any info you have
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Anonymous
because polled is dominant, all the offspring from a homozygous polled animal will be polled....so if you use polled bulls, you won't have to dehorn your calves.
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Only if the bull is homozygous, not just polled
dun
> because polled is dominant, all
> the offspring from a homozygous
> polled animal will be polled....so
> if you use polled bulls, you won't
> have to dehorn your calves.
dun
> because polled is dominant, all
> the offspring from a homozygous
> polled animal will be polled....so
> if you use polled bulls, you won't
> have to dehorn your calves.
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Anonymous
if he's heterozygous you'll only have to dehorn half 
