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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 14607"><p>Thanks for the link - will check it out.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if the Shorthorn was horned or polled - never checked. Actually, this bull belonged to friends and we wound up with him in a trade. He's turning out to be a very nice bull, other than the scurs. For a commercial herd, I think he'll do well. His BW was 72# and he's got the nice sloping, easy calving Murray Grey shoulders. The Murray Grey sire was polled and the cows this crossbred bull will be bred to are polled.</p><p></p><p>> OK, here goes. The scur thing is a</p><p>> toss up, I'm not sure about the</p><p>> dominance of that pair of genes.</p><p>> Lets assume the bull is</p><p>> heterozygous polled, one polled,</p><p>> one horned gene. If the cow he is</p><p>> bred to is horned there is a 50:50</p><p>> chance the calf will be horned, or</p><p>> 50;50 chance it will be polled,</p><p>> depends on how you want to look at</p><p>> it. If the cows are polled, if I</p><p>> remember correctly there is 25%</p><p>> chance they will be horned, or 75%</p><p>> chance they will be polled. Now,</p><p>> if either the cow or the bull</p><p>> happens to be homozygouse polled,</p><p>> all the offspring will be polled</p><p>> no matter what the other half of</p><p>> the equation is. This link has a</p><p>> very good run down of scurs and</p><p>> horns.</p><p>> "http://www.gelbvieh.org/fsinheri.html"</p><p></p><p>> dunmovin farms</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 14607"] Thanks for the link - will check it out. I don't know if the Shorthorn was horned or polled - never checked. Actually, this bull belonged to friends and we wound up with him in a trade. He's turning out to be a very nice bull, other than the scurs. For a commercial herd, I think he'll do well. His BW was 72# and he's got the nice sloping, easy calving Murray Grey shoulders. The Murray Grey sire was polled and the cows this crossbred bull will be bred to are polled. > OK, here goes. The scur thing is a > toss up, I'm not sure about the > dominance of that pair of genes. > Lets assume the bull is > heterozygous polled, one polled, > one horned gene. If the cow he is > bred to is horned there is a 50:50 > chance the calf will be horned, or > 50;50 chance it will be polled, > depends on how you want to look at > it. If the cows are polled, if I > remember correctly there is 25% > chance they will be horned, or 75% > chance they will be polled. Now, > if either the cow or the bull > happens to be homozygouse polled, > all the offspring will be polled > no matter what the other half of > the equation is. This link has a > very good run down of scurs and > horns. > "http://www.gelbvieh.org/fsinheri.html" > dunmovin farms [/QUOTE]
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