aj
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Seems like once a year I will see a Shorthorn bull advertised as dna homo polled tested. I assume there is either a test or this is false advertising. Or is there a test that is not recognized.......or something?
Homozygous polled Shorthorn test?
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Endless Meadows
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I have also heard from a few breeders that have been using UC Davis
https://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/cattle.php
https://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/cattle.php
lingleylivestock
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I wouldn't see why there wouldn't be a DNA test for Shorthorns if there are DNA tests for many multiple other breeds out there that produce both horned and polled cattle.
knabe
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lingleylivestock said:
the polled gene is at the end of a chromosome and highly mutable. there are many alleles, that's why some tests work in one breed and not another.
shorthorn may have it's own mutation/s.
