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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1070727" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Val, </p><p>No, we're not testing the bull. </p><p>Strictly commercial here, selling weaned calves and the occasional open or old cow. Have been in expansion mode for 15 years; until the last year or two majority of heifers have been retained. But, as he's now relegated to cleanup status on the mature cowherd, not many calves hitting the ground are sired by him - but the ones he does get are nice.</p><p></p><p>If we were a purebred operation selling seedstock, then yes, I'd test him. No CA calves here in the 7 years he's been working, and it's pretty unlikely that the old cows are carriers; </p><p>Was kind of surprised when the 'potential carrier' designation showed up; thought we'd dodged the recently-identified defects altogether, but haven't had time or inclination to trace back to see what ancestor, however far back, was a confirmed carrier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1070727, member: 12607"] Val, No, we're not testing the bull. Strictly commercial here, selling weaned calves and the occasional open or old cow. Have been in expansion mode for 15 years; until the last year or two majority of heifers have been retained. But, as he's now relegated to cleanup status on the mature cowherd, not many calves hitting the ground are sired by him - but the ones he does get are nice. If we were a purebred operation selling seedstock, then yes, I'd test him. No CA calves here in the 7 years he's been working, and it's pretty unlikely that the old cows are carriers; Was kind of surprised when the 'potential carrier' designation showed up; thought we'd dodged the recently-identified defects altogether, but haven't had time or inclination to trace back to see what ancestor, however far back, was a confirmed carrier. [/QUOTE]
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