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<blockquote data-quote="WalnutCrest" data-source="post: 1405323" data-attributes="member: 21715"><p>I bring this subject up from time to time. I'm sure glad someone besides me cares about honestly representing breed percentages. Commercial operators need to know if they should expect 100% of the possible heterosis or merely 87.7% when using one bull or another. </p><p></p><p>The Aubrac association calls 90-99% purebred (as long as it also has all of the traditional Aubrac markings) ... 99-100% is bred-up fullblood (with all the markings) ... and 100% is fullblood. Actual blood percentages are used to calculate the next generation -- so a 93.8% animal only counts as a 93.8% animal (not a 100%'er like others). It's simply a more honest way of doing business. </p><p></p><p>Thanks for bringing this subject up, guys. It's good to know where others stand on this. </p><p></p><p>PS -- It's always tough to tell about anything via a single point in time picture, but there are attributes shown in each one that could help out more than a few herds. I think Son 3 looks most like his sire and the 2nd bull in the 2nd group sure looks thick. Good luck with them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WalnutCrest, post: 1405323, member: 21715"] I bring this subject up from time to time. I'm sure glad someone besides me cares about honestly representing breed percentages. Commercial operators need to know if they should expect 100% of the possible heterosis or merely 87.7% when using one bull or another. The Aubrac association calls 90-99% purebred (as long as it also has all of the traditional Aubrac markings) ... 99-100% is bred-up fullblood (with all the markings) ... and 100% is fullblood. Actual blood percentages are used to calculate the next generation -- so a 93.8% animal only counts as a 93.8% animal (not a 100%'er like others). It's simply a more honest way of doing business. Thanks for bringing this subject up, guys. It's good to know where others stand on this. PS -- It's always tough to tell about anything via a single point in time picture, but there are attributes shown in each one that could help out more than a few herds. I think Son 3 looks most like his sire and the 2nd bull in the 2nd group sure looks thick. Good luck with them. [/QUOTE]
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