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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1848595" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>Actually, it appears <em>you</em> are the one that doesn't "get it". The OP"s question was <em><strong>not</strong></em> about "<em>getting extra years out of a bull</em>. ". Nor was it about "<em>a handful of cows that will end up in a freezer</em>.", as [USER=7398]@angus9259[/USER] ... who also<em> didn't get it"..... </em>said. The<em> OP </em>said he was thinking about keeping 3 heifers he had, but didn't have a way to keep them from his bull, which he didn't want to replace right now., and wondered if it might not be better to sell them and the aged out cows, and just buy some replacement heifers or cows. Some on here, and rightly so, cautioned him about watching out for BVD, Trich, etc, associated with buying cattle of unknown origin. And some others, like myself, told him about the increased risk of birth defects from in-breeding. I followed that up with what I thought was a very simple explanation about dominant and recessive genes, and told him when you breed an animal that carries a recessive defective gene, to another that carries the defective genetic gene, then there is a 50% chance the offspring could be a carrier with one copy, and a 25% chance the offspring would get 2 copies, and be afflicted by it. Nothing controversial about it.,.. it is just facts that I assumed most anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of genetics would understand. The only one I saw that was<em> milking and flogging the subject, </em>was the barbs and insults hurled by one drunken idiot that says <em>inbreeding would rid the world of genetic defects</em>!</p><p></p><p>And I agree with [USER=42463]@Travlr[/USER] , that he and I agree on almost nothing, from Corriente cattle to the CAB <em><strong>premium</strong> ( </em>Sorry, [USER=42463]@Travlr[/USER] , just had to get that in. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ) , and duuno what the Certified Angus Beef program has to do with inbreeding retained heifers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1848595, member: 40587"] Actually, it appears [I]you[/I] are the one that doesn't "get it". The OP"s question was [I][B]not[/B][/I] about "[I]getting extra years out of a bull[/I]. ". Nor was it about "[I]a handful of cows that will end up in a freezer[/I].", as [USER=7398]@angus9259[/USER] ... who also[I] didn't get it"..... [/I]said.[I] [/I]The[I] OP [/I]said he was thinking about keeping 3 heifers he had, but didn't have a way to keep them from his bull, which he didn't want to replace right now., and wondered if it might not be better to sell them and the aged out cows, and just buy some replacement heifers or cows. Some on here, and rightly so, cautioned him about watching out for BVD, Trich, etc, associated with buying cattle of unknown origin. And some others, like myself, told him about the increased risk of birth defects from in-breeding. I followed that up with what I thought was a very simple explanation about dominant and recessive genes, and told him when you breed an animal that carries a recessive defective gene, to another that carries the defective genetic gene, then there is a 50% chance the offspring could be a carrier with one copy, and a 25% chance the offspring would get 2 copies, and be afflicted by it. Nothing controversial about it.,.. it is just facts that I assumed most anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of genetics would understand. The only one I saw that was[I] milking and flogging the subject, [/I]was the barbs and insults hurled by one drunken idiot that says [I]inbreeding would rid the world of genetic defects[/I]! And I agree with [USER=42463]@Travlr[/USER] , that he and I agree on almost nothing, from Corriente cattle to the CAB [I][B]premium[/B] ( [/I]Sorry, [USER=42463]@Travlr[/USER] , just had to get that in. :) ) , and duuno what the Certified Angus Beef program has to do with inbreeding retained heifers! [/QUOTE]
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