new info on defects?

Any new thoughts on ds in shorties or the extra limb deal in Red Angus?

The extra limbs has already been claimed by Black Angus, bad thing about it is , 70 % of those affected by this disorder are aborted .....

Black angus has been there, done that many many years ago.  Several years ago, it was the big thing at "exotic" sales to have these defective calves/cows.  They would bring pretty decent money.

Not sure if everyone knows this, but red angus derived from black angus in the 50's. So more than likely, any black angus defect will eventually show up in the reds.  Since the 50"s, the reds have had their own genetics but there are "black red carriers", which means they are black in color but carry a red gene, so if bred to a red bull, they have a 50-50 chance of having a red calf.  From there it gets complicated from the registration stand point, but anyway....

Not sure of the abortion rate on these DD affected calves, but carriers are now identified and noted on papers. 

I think there are few Red Angus carrier lines now......

On the RA website they have a list. It looks like a couple were tested for th......they came up clean.

The reason black angus have these genes is from the HOLSTEIN they added ....If RED ANGUS stays away from black angus  genetics in last 40 years probably won't have any trouble ...

Looks like 20 or so RA dd carriers going back about 5 generations to black angus.

any word on when the American Angus Association is going to start testing for Ebola?