Cabanha Santa Isabel - BR
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Do you wish test Mandalong Super Flag for what?
Where is possible do this test?
Maybe I can provide a dose for the test.
Where is possible do this test?
Maybe I can provide a dose for the test.
I paid to have Mandalong Super Flag tested for TH and PHA and he is free of both. I could see if they could run myostatin on the DNA on file but if I do that I will place bets on him being free and I will use my winnings to pay for the test. Frankly breeders should be testing their CURRENT herd bulls or bulls they are selling. Chasing the old bulls won't solve the problem, a carrier in the current gene pool should be the concern.Cabanha Santa Isabel - BR said:Do you wish test Mandalong Super Flag for what?
Where is possible do this test?
Maybe I can provide a dose for the test.
librarian said:The only way to know is to test. View This Animal's influence has him as paternal grandsire to over 4000 animals?
However, the more current bulls that could be tested might be 69F and 14K.
But if Winalot is the program in question, then has 27C been tested?
Your point is well made and my phrasing was poor. I apologize.huntaway said:librarian said:The only way to know is to test. View This Animal's influence has him as paternal grandsire to over 4000 animals?
However, the more current bulls that could be tested might be 69F and 14K.
But if Winalot is the program in question, then has 27C been tested?
Saying a programme in question has some negative connotations which I don't think is right. Yes an animal may or may not be passing on an issue but I don't think the programme would be in question. In that case there would be a lot of animals that trace back to these ancestors in many herds, are they programmes in question. Probably not what you meant but how it read.
What year did you start routine testing for myostatin mutations?jaimiediamond said:When Igenity tests for Myostatin they test for all 9 variants. We have been testing all of our herd sires and bull calves regardless of bloodline
librarian said:There was this thread a while back
http://www.steerplanet.com/bb/the-big-show/is-this-the-thickest-shorthorn-heifer-you've-seen/
Without maligning Canada, the problem seems more common up there
oakview said:Too many questions and not enough answers, yet.
librarian said:What year did you start routine testing for myostatin mutations?jaimiediamond said:When Igenity tests for Myostatin they test for all 9 variants. We have been testing all of our herd sires and bull calves regardless of bloodline
Are females also tested? The problem usually comes up because people have carrier cows in their herds and then AI to an older bull or a carrier bull from another breed- then they get double muscled calves.
Oakview, I'm not just doing this to be obnoxious. I love shorthorns and don't like to see grow in fame as The Trainwreck Breed when it's preventable.
Zulu 3Z has exactly the kind of pedigree I would test if he was my bull.
Some Eagle Bulls have the typical sloping hindquarters and distinctive rump muscling that indicates heterozygous expression, but only testing can answer these questions.
Say we begin to gain traction with beef producers instead of show cattle breeders. If Angus producers begin to buy Shorthorn bulls or semen with an eye to saving the F1 females, we can't bring any new myostatin mutations in or we will lose all the acceptance we have gained.
If one is concerned about testing for a genetic condition the quickest and best way to start is with one's own herd bulls. It costs $35 and is the perfect starting point.librarian said:http://sbts.une.edu.au/pdfs/Myostatin%20(RP).pdf
This pdf-Myostatin, Help or Hinder? Is brief and seems objective.
Before one can decide about the tradeoffs involved in including heterozygous individuals of any breed in beef production, one must test for the mutation. Identifying potential carriers by pedigree is just a way to target where to begin testing.