usernametaken
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Is there a point that you reach where crossbreeding becomes redundant ?
For instance, we all know, if you breed a hereford x angus you get a black baldie, a well thought of cross for vigor, growth, etc.
Now if you take the black baldie heifer and breed her to another breed, say a charolais, yes, you will probably get a bigger calf because the charolais breed is generally bigger, but do you actually get more vigor through the cross.
If you breed that black baldie to N devon and you get about the same size cattle are still increasing vigor and growth or is there a limit to it ? Is it any more vigor than what you got with the first cross of the two purebreds - the angus and the hereford ?
Thanks,
Melissa
For instance, we all know, if you breed a hereford x angus you get a black baldie, a well thought of cross for vigor, growth, etc.
Now if you take the black baldie heifer and breed her to another breed, say a charolais, yes, you will probably get a bigger calf because the charolais breed is generally bigger, but do you actually get more vigor through the cross.
If you breed that black baldie to N devon and you get about the same size cattle are still increasing vigor and growth or is there a limit to it ? Is it any more vigor than what you got with the first cross of the two purebreds - the angus and the hereford ?
Thanks,
Melissa