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aj

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ABS Australian Red Angus bull. I've seen some video footage where he looked a tick high headed. He ranked no 1 for docility in Australia though. Anyone have calves by him. What is his frame. bla bla bla
 

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In theory.....he might be. He's been tested clean of the following. amf caf ddf maf nhf and ......osf.
 

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knabe...if he was dsc.......would it be a new mutation or something going way way back to when the breeds were formed.
 

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aj said:
knabe...if he was dsc.......would it be a new mutation or something going way way back to when the breeds were formed.

whatever is the worst possible scenario.

 

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What would it hurt to do a 15$ ds test on this bull? It would be better than spending 15 years of using him in a program and then test him. Or does the ds test work on Red Angus?
 

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He might be absurd. I find these discussions both educational and extremely funny. I would prefer to buy a bull that's been tested and found to be free of defects. I would prefer to sell breeding stock that has been tested free. My family has always been commercial producers and I am new to testing for these issues. We have simxangus in all seriousness should I be testing. Is there a box you can check that says you want them to test for every possible defect. Maybe we could head off some new horrible defect like fubare'd
 

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By the time there's a test, it's really too late to head something off.

There are defects in every breed of cattle. The tighter the gene pool, the quicker they show up.

I'm not saying do not test. I'm saying it's ridiculous to demand things of other breeders that you don't do yourself.
 

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aj said:
What would it hurt to do a 15$ ds test on this bull? It would be better than spending 15 years of using him in a program and then test him. Or does the ds test work on Red Angus?


If it's so cheap, why don't you just do it?


Oh, because then you would have less to complain about.


Pull toy, pull toy, mommy, mommy.
 

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Olson Family Shorthorns said:
I'm not saying do not test. I'm saying it's ridiculous to demand things of other breeders that you don't do yourself.


No kidding.  Taking a carrier to Denver.


That should be in your Avatar or tag line,,


I took a carrier to Denver.  My name is aj and I'm a recovering hypocrite.


Honestly, you have no credibility.


You took a carrier to Denver.


You took a carrier to Denver


You took a carrier to Denver.


You have no credibility.


No amount of calling for everyone else's cattle will prefer make up for you being a hypocrite on this issue.


You too a carrier to Denver, my name is aj and I'm a recovering hypocrite.
 

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He is a high accuracy low birth weight bull with a large eye muscle area lacking a bit in growth and not as stout made as current US bulls. In progeny test calves have been docile. From well recognised figure based herd
 

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I noticed that he has ca future direction,br new design036 (twice) and saf focus in in his pedigree.
 

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I saw several Iron Ore calves while doing a selection tour for the NILE sale a couple of years ago. They were still babies when I saw them but from the looks of them as a group I would say that they don't have the power that many of the Red Angus bulls we have available to us today have. They would typically remind you of calves out of a bull that was calving ease/maternal. RW
 
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