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<blockquote data-quote="shortybreeder" data-source="post: 1085384" data-attributes="member: 21626"><p>With the ShorthornPlus breeding up program the shorthorn breed has had some co-mingling with a lot of breeds. Some people believe that the genetic defect PHA (I might be mixed up, could be TH) came into the Shorthorn breed through the breeding up of Maine-influenced cattle. The way to tell whether or not a bull is true 100% shorthorn, never bred up, is to look at his registration number. If there is an asterisk (*) in front of the x, then he was bred up. A good source of asterisk-free shorthorn bulls is the Saskvalley herd. Bonanza makes some great heifers, but he might be a roan carrier, I've never used him or looked into him much. Just heard good things about him from commercial guys. I would agree that a lot of Shorthorn bulls are show-ring oriented, but there are still plenty of great bulls for commercial breeders to use to make productive cattle. Jungel's bulls also make good commercial bulls, but if you like cattle with proper feet and leg structure, that are nice and long-strided, you should look somewhere else IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortybreeder, post: 1085384, member: 21626"] With the ShorthornPlus breeding up program the shorthorn breed has had some co-mingling with a lot of breeds. Some people believe that the genetic defect PHA (I might be mixed up, could be TH) came into the Shorthorn breed through the breeding up of Maine-influenced cattle. The way to tell whether or not a bull is true 100% shorthorn, never bred up, is to look at his registration number. If there is an asterisk (*) in front of the x, then he was bred up. A good source of asterisk-free shorthorn bulls is the Saskvalley herd. Bonanza makes some great heifers, but he might be a roan carrier, I've never used him or looked into him much. Just heard good things about him from commercial guys. I would agree that a lot of Shorthorn bulls are show-ring oriented, but there are still plenty of great bulls for commercial breeders to use to make productive cattle. Jungel's bulls also make good commercial bulls, but if you like cattle with proper feet and leg structure, that are nice and long-strided, you should look somewhere else IMO. [/QUOTE]
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