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Gelbvieh cows are more efficient.
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<blockquote data-quote="jnowack" data-source="post: 341097" data-attributes="member: 3954"><p>I won't argue about the quality of the Echo progeny. We used him and had some very good ones. The white on the belly does not bother me much either and is not necessarily an indicator of the presence of a spot gene. The spot gene these bulls carry is the same as the holstein and the old simmental. The bull we replaced did not have any white on him at all, but his calves were just as spotted as any holstein. The buyer was upset that he would be heavily discounted on these calves at the salebarn. This is a problem I don't want to deal with again and risk losing customers, so I will not use these bloodlines unless they are able to show that decendants are not carriers of the spot gene.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jnowack, post: 341097, member: 3954"] I won't argue about the quality of the Echo progeny. We used him and had some very good ones. The white on the belly does not bother me much either and is not necessarily an indicator of the presence of a spot gene. The spot gene these bulls carry is the same as the holstein and the old simmental. The bull we replaced did not have any white on him at all, but his calves were just as spotted as any holstein. The buyer was upset that he would be heavily discounted on these calves at the salebarn. This is a problem I don't want to deal with again and risk losing customers, so I will not use these bloodlines unless they are able to show that decendants are not carriers of the spot gene. [/QUOTE]
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