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Artificial Insemination (AI) for Cattle
What's the best Breed or Cross to use as a Recip
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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 1211299" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>Depending on where you're at in relation to the people raising them, there are a lot of jersey/simangus heifers being used as recips and from what I hear that's the way to go. They don't have quite enough frame to be valuable feeders so that's how they get marketed. There are tens of thousands of them in Texas from what I understand. </p><p>Despite popular belief, jerseys can handle BIG calves. They are very resilient cattle. In fact there was a study where holstien embryos were put into jersey heifers and vice versa and the holstien heifers still had calving problems while the jerseys cranked out the holstein calves. About the only reason NOT to use a jersey is the metabolic problems associated with trying to run one on grass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 1211299, member: 14661"] Depending on where you're at in relation to the people raising them, there are a lot of jersey/simangus heifers being used as recips and from what I hear that's the way to go. They don't have quite enough frame to be valuable feeders so that's how they get marketed. There are tens of thousands of them in Texas from what I understand. Despite popular belief, jerseys can handle BIG calves. They are very resilient cattle. In fact there was a study where holstien embryos were put into jersey heifers and vice versa and the holstien heifers still had calving problems while the jerseys cranked out the holstein calves. About the only reason NOT to use a jersey is the metabolic problems associated with trying to run one on grass. [/QUOTE]
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