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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 279342" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>Pros:</p><p></p><p>You can hand select each animals strengths/weaknesses to a bull that will reinforce the strengths, improve the weaknesses. </p><p></p><p>Much, much wider gene pool to select from.</p><p></p><p>You can breed for specific things that will improve your herd.</p><p></p><p>No bulls to feed/deal with/maintain during the off-breeding season.</p><p></p><p>Cons:</p><p></p><p>Much more time consumptive because of the need to check regularly for standing heat - there are many devices available to help with this, but they will all fail to do their job at one point or another, trust me on this - and also because of the actual time required to AI, and re-AI because they will not all settle on the first go round.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 279342, member: 539"] Pros: You can hand select each animals strengths/weaknesses to a bull that will reinforce the strengths, improve the weaknesses. Much, much wider gene pool to select from. You can breed for specific things that will improve your herd. No bulls to feed/deal with/maintain during the off-breeding season. Cons: Much more time consumptive because of the need to check regularly for standing heat - there are many devices available to help with this, but they will all fail to do their job at one point or another, trust me on this - and also because of the actual time required to AI, and re-AI because they will not all settle on the first go round. [/QUOTE]
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