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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1712939" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>Angus don't guarantee lack of eye or udder problems. Lots of factors at play with pinkeye. Eye irritation from flies, tall grass seed heads, dust. Good mineral program and management to reduce as much of the aforementioned things as possible can help reduce pinkeye.</p><p>Sometimes some strains of it are rough. Vet told us the other day that this had been a bad year for it. Said that it was in a lot of herds that generally don't have much problem.</p><p>I've treated pinkeye in registered and commercial Angus, before I ever had any Herefords on the place. Since having them I've treated some of them too.</p><p>Culled out both Angus and Herefords over udder issues too.</p><p>I like both breeds, on average they both have good points and some individuals of both breeds are disasters in some way or another.</p><p>I pretty well agree on using registered or at least purebred bulls and if a crossbred animal is to be used it should be on the cow side of the equation. We are using a crossbred bull, but the caveat is that I know his background for several generations and he checks quite a few boxes so to speak on the list of what I'm looking for in a bull.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1712939, member: 24816"] Angus don’t guarantee lack of eye or udder problems. Lots of factors at play with pinkeye. Eye irritation from flies, tall grass seed heads, dust. Good mineral program and management to reduce as much of the aforementioned things as possible can help reduce pinkeye. Sometimes some strains of it are rough. Vet told us the other day that this had been a bad year for it. Said that it was in a lot of herds that generally don’t have much problem. I’ve treated pinkeye in registered and commercial Angus, before I ever had any Herefords on the place. Since having them I’ve treated some of them too. Culled out both Angus and Herefords over udder issues too. I like both breeds, on average they both have good points and some individuals of both breeds are disasters in some way or another. I pretty well agree on using registered or at least purebred bulls and if a crossbred animal is to be used it should be on the cow side of the equation. We are using a crossbred bull, but the caveat is that I know his background for several generations and he checks quite a few boxes so to speak on the list of what I’m looking for in a bull. [/QUOTE]
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