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<blockquote data-quote="SPH" data-source="post: 1015878" data-attributes="member: 20580"><p>I actually just learned about it recently myself when a consignor to a sale had to disclose it on a bull they had DNA testing done on. If you read on page 2 of the link I posted there are all kinds of traits you can find out on a Hereford bull that has had DNA genotype done such as homozygous polled which is great to know if you want to make sure a recessive horned gene doesn't show up in offspring. We breed registered Polled Herefords and have been paying close attention to that one lately when selecting AI sires as we have a few Polled dams that have a horn gene somewhere back in their pedigree and if you match them up with just the right bull that has a horn gene somewhere in theirs too we've had a few horned calves. At this point with the polled and horned Herefords being a single organization it's not quite as big of deal anymore when it comes to marketing your cattle as it used to be but when you advertised yourself as a polled breeder it's something that some will pay attention to as you don't want customers coming back upset the bull you sold them is throwing more horned calves than they like</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPH, post: 1015878, member: 20580"] I actually just learned about it recently myself when a consignor to a sale had to disclose it on a bull they had DNA testing done on. If you read on page 2 of the link I posted there are all kinds of traits you can find out on a Hereford bull that has had DNA genotype done such as homozygous polled which is great to know if you want to make sure a recessive horned gene doesn't show up in offspring. We breed registered Polled Herefords and have been paying close attention to that one lately when selecting AI sires as we have a few Polled dams that have a horn gene somewhere back in their pedigree and if you match them up with just the right bull that has a horn gene somewhere in theirs too we've had a few horned calves. At this point with the polled and horned Herefords being a single organization it's not quite as big of deal anymore when it comes to marketing your cattle as it used to be but when you advertised yourself as a polled breeder it's something that some will pay attention to as you don't want customers coming back upset the bull you sold them is throwing more horned calves than they like [/QUOTE]
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