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<blockquote data-quote="DOC HARRIS" data-source="post: 481474" data-attributes="member: 1683"><p>Quote - "I am particularly interested in this one. Does that mean if you breed a well muscled animal from a cow that has both a low BW EPD and a very high milk EPD he is a 'freak' and worth keeping on as a stud prospect"-</p><p></p><p>waihou - I would be more inclined to think that the "well-muscled cow with low BW and very high Milk EPD" is manifesting phenotype traits, and not necessarily legitimate reproducible Genotype characteristics. It will NEVER show 100% of the resulting expectations that you would like to see! Another justification for not selecting for one trait only! Don't put all of your 'eggs' in one basket! I would not bet on a 'freak' of genetics resulting in the perfect answer for your breeding bull. His EPD's might be as mixed up as a bowl of Jello, but you wouldn't really know until he was bred to a 'bunch' of cows - and you wouldn't really <strong>KNOW</strong> even then! </p><p></p><p>I would suggest, <strong><em>STRONGLY</em></strong>, that you NOT experiment with 'freak' Genetics, just to "See what will happen!" The chances are that "What will happen" is not what you are expecting!</p><p></p><p>DOC HARRIS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DOC HARRIS, post: 481474, member: 1683"] Quote - "I am particularly interested in this one. Does that mean if you breed a well muscled animal from a cow that has both a low BW EPD and a very high milk EPD he is a 'freak' and worth keeping on as a stud prospect"- waihou - I would be more inclined to think that the "well-muscled cow with low BW and very high Milk EPD" is manifesting phenotype traits, and not necessarily legitimate reproducible Genotype characteristics. It will NEVER show 100% of the resulting expectations that you would like to see! Another justification for not selecting for one trait only! Don't put all of your 'eggs' in one basket! I would not bet on a 'freak' of genetics resulting in the perfect answer for your breeding bull. His EPD's might be as mixed up as a bowl of Jello, but you wouldn't really know until he was bred to a 'bunch' of cows - and you wouldn't really [b]KNOW[/b] even then! I would suggest, [b][i]STRONGLY[/i][/b], that you NOT experiment with 'freak' Genetics, just to "See what will happen!" The chances are that "What will happen" is not what you are expecting! DOC HARRIS [/QUOTE]
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