DLD
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knabe said:cattle are like trying to find a mate. everyone has a defect. some are physical, some are mental.
True that, knabe.
knabe said:cattle are like trying to find a mate. everyone has a defect. some are physical, some are mental.
cattle nut said:Be careful what we wish for.
I think I will buy a lab because that is where the real money is!!
Show Heifer said:I guess this is where you buy semen and cattle from people you trust.
ROAD WARRIOR said:SH - I have known about this since last Nov./Dec. No I am not currently testing for it. And I guess until they get a list of "dirty" AI sires and/or donor females put togather I probably won't. I can tell you that the Bull that I just bought from Cananda Is tested however.
Show Heifer said:could be controled with honestly amoung breeders with full disclosure...
RA Drover said:Unfortunately, there has been in the past, breeders who knew something was wrong and said nothing. Now we have RW testing his stock and some cast doubts on his program. Sort of damned if you do and damned if you don't. Isn't the idea that we need to find the problem to be able to fix it? No wonder there are those who just want to stick their head in the sand.
RW seems like the type of breeder who wouldn't pass on a problem unless he just didn't know. He's trying to know. Give him a break.
JMHO
DL said:Only one bull is listed on the RAAA web site as a carrier of alpha mannosidosis - HUS ROYALGORGE A389M U063
Since his sire of is clean by test he must have gotten it from his dam
I have a confirmed carrier of alpha mannosidosis sired by a Canadian calving ease RA bull - my carrier heifer is a half-blood RA out of a Maine heifer -
The sire of my alpha mannosidosis carrier is not listed on the RAAA web site - either as a carrier or free - he has sired a carrier heifer, - wonder why his status isn't listed anywhere?
Jill said:I think DL has got to be the most unlucky person in the world! I haven't figured out how you have made every effort to have a clean of everything herd, yet it seems every defect that comes around you have a defective calf?
This board trashed the Maine and Shorthorn breeds for not posting known carriers and the Red Angus breed was the savior to all because they didn't allow carriers, reading this thread is almost like de-ja-vu.
Can we all just agree there are carriers in every breed, doesn't make the breeders honest or dishonest for trying to protect their herds, reputations, income, sometimes bad things happen to good people and they honestly didn't know about it and they are just trying to figure out what to do next.