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<blockquote data-quote="ollie&#039;" data-source="post: 140137" data-attributes="member: 2432"><p>I really doubt if there is a known breed that is a genetically pure strain. I doubt Noah took more than one breed on the Ark. That was only about 4000 years ago. More recently every time the phenotype of cattle quickly change very much, there is a good possibility some people will cheat and use a cross of a breed that is more similiar to the desired phenotype. So what? I am not advocating dishonestly ,nor would I do it but I don't personally think if Herefords had a shot of simental or gurnsey or red holstien stuck in them in the late 60's you can credit all the size difference you see today on that action. Genetic selection is a powerful tool. Consistant selection for desirable traits will change a herd of cows in one lifetime to what ever you want them to be. You can take a set of holstien cows and without adding any angus blood to them make them all angus in type within a lifetime or vice versa. If you know what you are breeding for and are consistant in your efforts in 40 years or so you can make them into anything. If you are close to your goals maybe you can do it in 3 or 4 generations of cattle.My point is after all that rambling is cattle are big because they are bred to be big or little because they are bred to be little or black because they are bred to be black or thick, heavy milking, etc., etc. Know what your breeding goals are and change your cattle accordingly. Thinking about it some lines of simental cattle have had the spots bred off of them in 30 or 40 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ollie', post: 140137, member: 2432"] I really doubt if there is a known breed that is a genetically pure strain. I doubt Noah took more than one breed on the Ark. That was only about 4000 years ago. More recently every time the phenotype of cattle quickly change very much, there is a good possibility some people will cheat and use a cross of a breed that is more similiar to the desired phenotype. So what? I am not advocating dishonestly ,nor would I do it but I don't personally think if Herefords had a shot of simental or gurnsey or red holstien stuck in them in the late 60's you can credit all the size difference you see today on that action. Genetic selection is a powerful tool. Consistant selection for desirable traits will change a herd of cows in one lifetime to what ever you want them to be. You can take a set of holstien cows and without adding any angus blood to them make them all angus in type within a lifetime or vice versa. If you know what you are breeding for and are consistant in your efforts in 40 years or so you can make them into anything. If you are close to your goals maybe you can do it in 3 or 4 generations of cattle.My point is after all that rambling is cattle are big because they are bred to be big or little because they are bred to be little or black because they are bred to be black or thick, heavy milking, etc., etc. Know what your breeding goals are and change your cattle accordingly. Thinking about it some lines of simental cattle have had the spots bred off of them in 30 or 40 years. [/QUOTE]
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