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  1. aj

    Charolais cross cattle with skunk markings

    I thought this was interesting so I bumped it up.
  2. aj

    Everything Show Cattle is no more

    Be good to the industry.......and it will be good for you. I'm for truth, justice, and the American way.
  3. aj

    Everything Show Cattle is no more

    Racist remarks........bahahahahahahahahah. Must be snowing out there.
  4. aj

    Myostatin gene

    I couldn't find that JPJ was a 226 carrier.
  5. aj

    Myostatin gene

    Are you sure you are on the right column Knabe. Somehow I got the DS column first.
  6. aj

    Myostatin gene

    Thanks Dale......worth clicking on.
  7. aj

    solar fence chargers

    It's 3 pieces hooked together. Battery is heavy. The solar panel is just bulky.
  8. aj

    Myostatin gene

    nt419 is in various breeds as I understand it. And not known to have originated in any breed?
  9. aj

    incorporation of % wygu cattle.

    The wygu influence deal would be a niche marketing deal. Your walmart deal is your low cost side.
  10. aj

    solar fence chargers

    I just got a Gallager MSB 800. Marine battery and a seperate solar panel. 8 joules.......shazam baby it shoots a spark but expensive.
  11. aj

    incorporation of % wygu cattle.

    Very interesting chev........if one of those 7-8ths bull calf looked like a conventional Shorthorn yet had somehow retained the wygu "carcass" gene you would be setting on a gold mine. It might be a long shot. I always wondered......when would breeds of cattle essentially copyright their...
  12. aj

    incorporation of % wygu cattle.

    Heard of an operation trying to raise 25% wygu 75% Angus feedlot cattle. I thought this was interesting. Then I got to wondering if anybody out there was developing wygu composites or a new breed using wygu as a factor. What would happen if someone incorporated wygu in a Shorthorn composite...
  13. aj

    Myostatin gene

    Interesting stuff. Good enough for me. When I get bulls caught up I 'll check for the 3 variants.
  14. aj

    Myostatin gene

    So when you get the results from the ASA you get results for F94L, nt 419 and E226x. But what does it take........if you go through the ASA to get into the lab's web site that shows all 9 variants. Is there a code? Does the ASA block that? Can you see on the labs web site....all cattle that have...
  15. aj

    Myostatin gene

    knabe...did you go through the Shorthorn assn or direct? And when you say "animals web page"............is that on the labs web site or the Shorthorn Assn. web site or pedigree or whatever?
  16. aj

    Myostatin gene

    So is this right? You take a tissue from an ear by a allflex applicator. You put it in a tube a long with a form and a form card card. You send it to ASA. You can test.....say a yearling bull with the th,pha, ds package for 48 dollars plus an add on myostatin test for an additional 27 dollars...
  17. aj

    Myostatin gene

    What is complicated to me is that there are 7 variants? Which ones are the Shorthorn people supposed to be on the look out for?
  18. aj

    Myostatin gene

    Since this is a wide spread thingy........and pretty complicated.......seems like the small breeds should defer the situation to a national data base. Let Steffen in Nebraska or whoever......the breed improvement association. It would be more coordinated.
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