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<blockquote data-quote="usernametaken" data-source="post: 482568" data-attributes="member: 6820"><p>Is there a point that you reach where crossbreeding becomes redundant ? </p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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 ?</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Melissa</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="usernametaken, post: 482568, member: 6820"] 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 [/QUOTE]
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