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Hereford eye pigment - how much is enough to call pigmented?
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<blockquote data-quote="Beef Man" data-source="post: 803709" data-attributes="member: 13859"><p>Being a hereford breeder we pride ourselves on tryingt o raise everything with heavy pigment but it is not always easy . have bred for pigment for ever and still have a ways to go.As far as pigment and pinkeye--cancer eye I never have trully beleived that pigment or the lack of it had a lot to contribute either way as have had really red eye'd cattle on occasion get pinkeye on a certan year and have white eyes in the same group,no problems???? I was with Frank Felton looking at his polled herefords a few years ago and Frank asked me what I did'nt like about his cows and I said "you need more pigment". His answerr was hell I've got that herd of angus cows and we treat much more eye problems in them. I have seen pinkeye in black cattle that was very hard to control. I really beleive that cancer eye is a genetic problem and can be selected against and gradually worked out of a herd. One other fianacial importance of a heavy pigmented hereford herd is, the great demand for breeding cattle tto go into straight angus herds and they love big red eyes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beef Man, post: 803709, member: 13859"] Being a hereford breeder we pride ourselves on tryingt o raise everything with heavy pigment but it is not always easy . have bred for pigment for ever and still have a ways to go.As far as pigment and pinkeye--cancer eye I never have trully beleived that pigment or the lack of it had a lot to contribute either way as have had really red eye'd cattle on occasion get pinkeye on a certan year and have white eyes in the same group,no problems???? I was with Frank Felton looking at his polled herefords a few years ago and Frank asked me what I did'nt like about his cows and I said "you need more pigment". His answerr was hell I've got that herd of angus cows and we treat much more eye problems in them. I have seen pinkeye in black cattle that was very hard to control. I really beleive that cancer eye is a genetic problem and can be selected against and gradually worked out of a herd. One other fianacial importance of a heavy pigmented hereford herd is, the great demand for breeding cattle tto go into straight angus herds and they love big red eyes. [/QUOTE]
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