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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 436650" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>In anyone's breeding program it is important to differentiate between minor "correctable" traits and major "permanent" traits. The minor traits can be corrected and managed by selecting a sire or dam that does not have that so-called "defect"...it may take 1 or 2 calf generations to remove it (more or less).</p><p></p><p>It's important to go back several generations to see what colors, overall conformation, milking ability, top/bottomline, temperament, etc., etc. a given sire or dam's ancestors have. For example, if one has a Longhorn sire with real straight out horns, then mating that bull with a female who has an upright "goal post" type horn design, there is a good chance the offspring will have a horn design that is somewhere in between the two extremes. Extremes will enhance minor traits and vice versa.</p><p></p><p>Some traits are highly inheritable, such as milking ability, temperament, etc. Whatever those traits are, they should be managed intelligently when choosing mating strategies with their animals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 436650, member: 9"] In anyone's breeding program it is important to differentiate between minor "correctable" traits and major "permanent" traits. The minor traits can be corrected and managed by selecting a sire or dam that does not have that so-called "defect"...it may take 1 or 2 calf generations to remove it (more or less). It's important to go back several generations to see what colors, overall conformation, milking ability, top/bottomline, temperament, etc., etc. a given sire or dam's ancestors have. For example, if one has a Longhorn sire with real straight out horns, then mating that bull with a female who has an upright "goal post" type horn design, there is a good chance the offspring will have a horn design that is somewhere in between the two extremes. Extremes will enhance minor traits and vice versa. Some traits are highly inheritable, such as milking ability, temperament, etc. Whatever those traits are, they should be managed intelligently when choosing mating strategies with their animals. [/QUOTE]
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