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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1812593" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>Like has already been said sone breeds are naturally polled. Angus are polled. Herefords were originally horned, but a polled strain has been bred from a supposed polled mutation. So now there are both horned and polled Herefords.</p><p>Most continental breeds like Charolais, Simmental, Limousin, Gelbvieh, etc. were originally horned but through breeding up programs polledness has been introduced from other breeds and selectively bred for, so now a high percentage of cattle of those breeds in the US are now polled. </p><p>Then you get into heterozygous and homozygous polled. </p><p>Heterozygous polled means that an individual is polled but still Carrie's a horn gene, and when mated with another heterozygous polled individual the resulting calf could be horned and if bred to a horned individual the result will be likely be a horned calf.</p><p>Homozygous polled means that an individual will not have horned calves .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1812593, member: 24816"] Like has already been said sone breeds are naturally polled. Angus are polled. Herefords were originally horned, but a polled strain has been bred from a supposed polled mutation. So now there are both horned and polled Herefords. Most continental breeds like Charolais, Simmental, Limousin, Gelbvieh, etc. were originally horned but through breeding up programs polledness has been introduced from other breeds and selectively bred for, so now a high percentage of cattle of those breeds in the US are now polled. Then you get into heterozygous and homozygous polled. Heterozygous polled means that an individual is polled but still Carrie’s a horn gene, and when mated with another heterozygous polled individual the resulting calf could be horned and if bred to a horned individual the result will be likely be a horned calf. Homozygous polled means that an individual will not have horned calves . [/QUOTE]
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