Bon View Bando 598

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librarian

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As I just had the unhappy experience of shooting a friendly little fawn calf, I wanted to remind people that Bon View Bando 598, thru his dam, is the primary progenitor of the CA (fawn calf) genetic defect in Angus.
This defect was proven in Australia 5 years before AAA decided it was a problem.
If you are buying at a big name bull sale coming up in Canandaigua, NY on May 2, be sure to check for 598.

 

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Be sure to check whether they are listed in the sale book as CAF (tested free) or CAP (potential carrier that the seller was too lazy to have tested).
 

angusfarming

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GoWyo said:
Be sure to check whether they are listed in the sale book as CAF (tested free) or CAP (potential carrier that the seller was too lazy to have tested).

Like quoted just by tested bulls, it can go back to 598 and not carry the defect. If you don't buy CAC or CAP it shouldn't be an issue.
 

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Yes, this is the beauty of genetic testing.
For instance the 17 year old New Design 878 bull we were talking about a while back is
036 x Bando 598 x EXT.
878 is DDF, AMF, CAF, M1F and NHF, although he has ancestors that are carriers of some of those defects.
The defects are manageable with testing.
I'm just sad because my friend with the fawn calf went to a sale and bought the culprit bull back before AAA stopped registering carriers. He was real proud of that bull, I remember, and saved a lot of daughters. Using a home bred bull from one of the daughters made the defect show up.
 

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Understandable and a bummer, but if there is any sort of chance on a female or bull we keep it gets tested. Just better safe than sorry and for the cost of testing it's fairly cheap insurance to avoid an issue.
 
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