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<blockquote data-quote="CKSGelbvieh" data-source="post: 842218" data-attributes="member: 16371"><p>What percentage should be considered purebred then? No one uses fullbloods any more so if we increase the percentage to say 94%, there would never again be a purebred Gelbvieh registered. Since you are from Canada, I am sure you are familiar with the Canadian Gelbvieh Semen Source Directory. In it, they print the actual percentage Gelbvieh of many of the sires in Canada. The list has bulls like Beretta (88%), Fullback (86%), Bronco (85%), Boo Boo (90%), Louie (87%), etc. Very, very few purebred bulls have a percentage higher than 92% Gelbvieh. Any rule change that leads to less purebreds seems silly to me. IMO, 85+ plus percent is pretty high percentage and justifies being termed a purebred.</p><p></p><p>What I get a kicked out of is crossing a "purebred" Gelbvieh that is 88% Gelbvieh with a purebred Angus and calling the resulting progeny a 50% Gelbvieh Balancer. It is actually only a 44% Gelbvieh animal. Some people sell 25% Gelbvieh Balancers and those would be typically a 21% Gelbvieh animal. Not sure why the AGA would put a paper on an animal that has 21% Gelbvieh in it but whatever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CKSGelbvieh, post: 842218, member: 16371"] What percentage should be considered purebred then? No one uses fullbloods any more so if we increase the percentage to say 94%, there would never again be a purebred Gelbvieh registered. Since you are from Canada, I am sure you are familiar with the Canadian Gelbvieh Semen Source Directory. In it, they print the actual percentage Gelbvieh of many of the sires in Canada. The list has bulls like Beretta (88%), Fullback (86%), Bronco (85%), Boo Boo (90%), Louie (87%), etc. Very, very few purebred bulls have a percentage higher than 92% Gelbvieh. Any rule change that leads to less purebreds seems silly to me. IMO, 85+ plus percent is pretty high percentage and justifies being termed a purebred. What I get a kicked out of is crossing a "purebred" Gelbvieh that is 88% Gelbvieh with a purebred Angus and calling the resulting progeny a 50% Gelbvieh Balancer. It is actually only a 44% Gelbvieh animal. Some people sell 25% Gelbvieh Balancers and those would be typically a 21% Gelbvieh animal. Not sure why the AGA would put a paper on an animal that has 21% Gelbvieh in it but whatever. [/QUOTE]
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