thunderdownunder
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HerefordGuy said:TJ said:HerefordGuy said:rocknmranch said:I would agree with the above mentioned. There is a rancher who had Murry influence in his cattle. We have picked up a few from time to time and added to our commercial herd. Crossed with an Angus, they make great cattle and that's not just coming from how they look. Carcass quality is right up there. The finish well, maintain a smaller frame (less bone), and eat great. They are hardy, efficent animals.
If you know the history of the Murray Grey breed, this is an interesting post. Murray Greys are basically grey colored Angus from Australia. This is like saying Red Angus cross really well with Black Angus. I'm not saying your wrong, just pointing out the history of the breed.
Actually, the Murray Grey breed IS NOT 100% Angus, they are also Shorthorn influenced. To be technical, Murray Grey cattle are more or less Lowline Angus (early 1900 Australian Angus) crossed with (early 1900) Australian Shorthorn.
After the initial cross of Shorthorn and Angus to produce the grey calves, to build up numbers [size=10pt]Mervyn Gadd [/size] breed up from Angus cows. When we look at the DNA of 48 breeds of cattle, Murray Greys are nested within the Angus breed. So, because of the initial contribution of Angus and the high level of back crossing to Angus, they are basically Angus. Look in "Resolving the evolution of extant and extinct ruminants with high-throughput phylogenomics" Figure 2. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/10/21/0904691106.short?rss=1
By the way, I never said they were 100% Angus.
You're missing the point... Mervyn Gadd - whoever he is - didn't develop the breed
