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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 647413" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>There was a good article in the April issue of the Angus <em>Journal</em>. When it gets online, I'll try to post a link. The Fawn Calf problem is going to be harder to track than Curly Calf (AM) because generally the calf survives. It just doesn't look right or grow well. I think most of us have had a calf or two in that category and it wasn't a Fawn Calf. You can't get an AM calf unless you breed an AM carrier bull to a carrier cow. When the research is done, FC will probably like AM: a simple recessive genetic disorder. The #1 way to avoid a problem, IMO, is to not linebreed. When you buy a registered Angus bull, you should get a Performance Registration Certificate with the bull's pedigree. Look at it and avoid using the same bloodlines over and over. When the test for AM became available, the Angus Assn made a list of all potential carriers available to Angus breeders. We had one, a heifer we had bought last spring. We tested her (she's AMFree). I would expect they'll do the same thing when we know more about Fawn Calf.</p><p></p><p>And don't pay attention to online gossip. :roll:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 647413, member: 13"] There was a good article in the April issue of the Angus [i]Journal[/i]. When it gets online, I'll try to post a link. The Fawn Calf problem is going to be harder to track than Curly Calf (AM) because generally the calf survives. It just doesn't look right or grow well. I think most of us have had a calf or two in that category and it wasn't a Fawn Calf. You can't get an AM calf unless you breed an AM carrier bull to a carrier cow. When the research is done, FC will probably like AM: a simple recessive genetic disorder. The #1 way to avoid a problem, IMO, is to not linebreed. When you buy a registered Angus bull, you should get a Performance Registration Certificate with the bull's pedigree. Look at it and avoid using the same bloodlines over and over. When the test for AM became available, the Angus Assn made a list of all potential carriers available to Angus breeders. We had one, a heifer we had bought last spring. We tested her (she's AMFree). I would expect they'll do the same thing when we know more about Fawn Calf. And don't pay attention to online gossip. :roll: [/QUOTE]
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