CAB
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I would prefer to think that it would be easier to tie the lower fertility to scrotal measurements or lack thereof measurements than to tie it to PHAC without any science involved in those statements.JMO.
DLD said:I'm pretty sure he's still alive, too. It's kind of gotten to be a trend in marketing. The past few Exposure sales have been mostly built around Irish Whiskey (co-starring Meyer 734, I guess). They sell a select set of heifers and a few herd bull prospects out of him, and sell a set of amount of semen at auction as well. Up until now this (and the other owners' sales) have been the only place and time non-owners could purchase semen. It works great if the bull has enough impact to create significant demand, which IW certainly has.
CAB said:I would think that if there was ever a Simmi bull that would be worth cloning, Meyer 734 would be the 1 to start with. I talked to Christensen's last spring & they said that they don't use much themselves because it brings good $. Have there been clones in the works of the great Sonny 8114?
interesting that i recieved a corrospondence from the amaa about a new "venture" for the "commercial" use of maine genitcs with sek genitics...upon calling the young lady (sek)she didnt no anything about the carrier status/or info on the maines, but gladly agreed to send me a cataloge......has anyone recieved it and are they supporting carrier bulls? jbarlDL said:Interesting, even great hype, great promotion, great pictures, and great campaigns can't sustain a lethal genetic defect that can kill both the calf and the cow - - there has been a lot of dumping lately - I couldn't run away fast enough (dog) (dog) (dog) and you couldn't pay me to buy IW semen - not slander, just my opinion. The fastest way to get rid of a lethal genetic defect is to stop using carrier bulls - I think that is a reasonable approach
JbarL said:interesting that i recieved a corrospondence from the amaa about a new "venture" for the "commercial" use of maine genitcs with sek genitics...upon calling the young lady (sek)she didnt no anything about the carrier status/or info on the maines, but gladly agreed to send me a cataloge......has anyone recieved it and are they supporting carrier bulls? jbarl