Ky hills said:
Warren Allison said:
Sorry, but nothing in a black Hereford to make them immune to pinkeye. I've treated it in a lot of breeds including Angus and BWF as well as Herefords which is where the black in black Herefords is supposed to come from. I do believe though that the Brahman influence in the Brangus would give some resistance to pink eye though.
Well, I learned something today, Kenny. I don't doubt what you said at all. My next door neighbor when I was growing up, had registered Herefords my first 17 years of life. I remember back then, seeing the cows with medicine and/or patches on their eyes, and he told me it was pinkeye. My senior year, he converted ( in a week) to a herd of Registered Charolais, and I do not recall seeing any of them being treated for it. He had them til he died in 2006. Doesn't mean they didn't, though. My grandfather raised Angus, some grade, some registered, til he died in 1993. When Pinzgauers first came to GA in the 70's, he bought 3 cows and ran them in the pastures for several years. I myself bought a Santa Gertrudis cow, and 2 Brafords and a Brangus cow, late 70's early 80's and ran them in his pasture for a few years. My brother had a Charolais/Hereford show heifer, that made one of the best cows we had. I don't recall any of ours ever getting pink eye. Maybe it was the Brahman in the Brafords, or the Charolais in the Char/Herf cow? Personally, since about 1980 til about 5 years ago, the only cattle I fooled with much were Corriente and Longhorns for roping. In the 2000's, we'd breed some to Brangus to get polled steers and heifers for team penning, sorting etc. Never recall pinkeye in any of these cattle, either. I guess I just had a pre-conceived notion that pinkeye was a Hereford thing, and black cattle didn't get it. Do you think that while black cattle can get it, as you have seen first hand, that Herefords may be
more prone to pinkeye?