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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1823673" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>You're making this into something that I've never said nor implied.</p><p></p><p>So let be be clear about what I DID say, paraphrased in so many words.</p><p></p><p>IF YOU KNOW YOU HAVE KNOWN GENETIC DEFECTS OR HAVE CALVES WITH GENETIC ANOMOLIES, THEN DON"T PASS THOSE PROBLEMS ON BY CONTINUING TO BREED DEFECTIVE ANIMALS. Do your due diligence and either identify the problem animals and end their breeding careers... or get rid of everything in a responsible way and move on.</p><p></p><p>In the case the OP has, he has no reason to think all of his cows are affected. The only animals involved in the defective calves were the bull and one cow. He already got rid of the cow. The cow is no longer in play. He can test the bull and if the bull tests clean he doesn't need to test all the heifers. As long as he has no heifers from the problem cow he can reasonably expect his herd to have an average probability of genetic abnormalities, so he's pretty safe. If the bull tests out as a carrier of something, then he should test the heifers or send them to slaughter. Every sale barn I've ever worked with (at least six in three states) will identify animals required to go to slaughter and those animals sell as well as anything else from my experience. Meat buyers are just as interested in healthy looking intended-for-slaughter animals as anything else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1823673, member: 42463"] You're making this into something that I've never said nor implied. So let be be clear about what I DID say, paraphrased in so many words. IF YOU KNOW YOU HAVE KNOWN GENETIC DEFECTS OR HAVE CALVES WITH GENETIC ANOMOLIES, THEN DON"T PASS THOSE PROBLEMS ON BY CONTINUING TO BREED DEFECTIVE ANIMALS. Do your due diligence and either identify the problem animals and end their breeding careers... or get rid of everything in a responsible way and move on. In the case the OP has, he has no reason to think all of his cows are affected. The only animals involved in the defective calves were the bull and one cow. He already got rid of the cow. The cow is no longer in play. He can test the bull and if the bull tests clean he doesn't need to test all the heifers. As long as he has no heifers from the problem cow he can reasonably expect his herd to have an average probability of genetic abnormalities, so he's pretty safe. If the bull tests out as a carrier of something, then he should test the heifers or send them to slaughter. Every sale barn I've ever worked with (at least six in three states) will identify animals required to go to slaughter and those animals sell as well as anything else from my experience. Meat buyers are just as interested in healthy looking intended-for-slaughter animals as anything else. [/QUOTE]
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