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<blockquote data-quote="alexfarms" data-source="post: 652300" data-attributes="member: 8677"><p>So, what game are you playing now...Misery loves company? I think the AAA is handling this situation well, considering where they are....which is obviously a lot more serious than I ever expected it was. I don't think it is productive for you to try to bring all the other breeds down just to make you feel better about Angus. As for Herefords, the AHA website lists 153 dna tested carriers to date and it is confined to a pretty narrow bloodline that the breed won't miss. There are probably other problems in the Herefords, but I don't think there is much chance it is anywhere near what the Angus are experiencing. The Hereford breed maintains a pretty broad genetic base with several well documented and populated bloodlines. A rancher who had been a top breeder in Angus several years ago and had sold out told me at that time that the Angus were setting themselves up for trouble by concentrating on just a few bloodlines. When an entire breed is dominated by just a few main paternal lines, they had better be sound and apparantly in the case of the Angus they weren't. It is looking more and more like the AAA was too slow to act. The DNA testing is really getting some attention, there is just one problem with it(well, maybe more than just one) , it only works after a large number of cattle have become carriers and the trait has been identified.......sort of like closing the barn door after the horse has already gotten out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alexfarms, post: 652300, member: 8677"] So, what game are you playing now...Misery loves company? I think the AAA is handling this situation well, considering where they are....which is obviously a lot more serious than I ever expected it was. I don't think it is productive for you to try to bring all the other breeds down just to make you feel better about Angus. As for Herefords, the AHA website lists 153 dna tested carriers to date and it is confined to a pretty narrow bloodline that the breed won't miss. There are probably other problems in the Herefords, but I don't think there is much chance it is anywhere near what the Angus are experiencing. The Hereford breed maintains a pretty broad genetic base with several well documented and populated bloodlines. A rancher who had been a top breeder in Angus several years ago and had sold out told me at that time that the Angus were setting themselves up for trouble by concentrating on just a few bloodlines. When an entire breed is dominated by just a few main paternal lines, they had better be sound and apparantly in the case of the Angus they weren't. It is looking more and more like the AAA was too slow to act. The DNA testing is really getting some attention, there is just one problem with it(well, maybe more than just one) , it only works after a large number of cattle have become carriers and the trait has been identified.......sort of like closing the barn door after the horse has already gotten out. [/QUOTE]
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