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E226X seems to be the worst variant for covering up inadequate base thickness in cattle. However, different breeding lines have different results when the myostatin drops out. Alta Cedar Perfect Storm lines don't seem to suffer as much. Diamond Captain Mark and Waukaru Patent lines can be hit...

I think the single copy of myostatin in the shorthorn breed is like a false economy. The double copy (usually e226x) causes too many problems. In the UK and Ireland the F94L mutation is often called the profit gene as a double copy doesn't really affect calving or milk production. In a perfect...

The incidence of myostatin in the cattle isn't a major problem for me as long as I know it is there and can plan for it. However I am starting to be of the opinion that it is much better to breed cattle without it, for one main reason, and that is because I think it hides narrow cattle. Not...

Don't think a seal could do them much harm. Even though the whole video is interesting, the point I suppose was aimed at the cattle section of the video. There has been much discussion here about the shape of bulls and cows and what nature intended. The discussions have also touched upon easy...

I think there will be some of you regular posters who would be really interested in this video. If you just want to see the cattle then there is 2 minutes at the start. Some more at 31.30 and then again at 34.30. https://youtu.be/daYdPZJsKFE

Beef Shorthorn bans polled cattle because they don't trace back to the Coates herdbook.. why don't we ban polled shorthorns right along with the black noses if we're going the purist route? I was under the impression that polling occured naturally in Shorthorns, and have witnessed it at first...

I just thought I would drop a link to a sale of in-calf beef cattle in Northern Ireland. Mainly with the thought of showing what other people value in their livestock. They are not my cup of tea at all, and I'm not sharing the link as a good example of cattle in Northern Ireland, (there are some...

They were of course brought to Scotland and crossed with the Galloway to create the belted Galloway.

From my own personal experience the affects of the myostatin deletion are not at all consistent. I have a double muscled SH cow. Fairly sure she has 2 copies. She is very muscled, but has calved unassisted, has enough milk and is a good mother. Calves are about 38kg (which is small for here)...

How are you guys managing across the pond now? Europe is basically in lockdown now. I heard New York will have shortages soon? The figures from China are small in comparison to the population as they went into total lockdown across the country. Apart from food shops and pharmacies, all other...

The general consensus in the UK is that the Shorthorn always had the myostatin gene and it was more likely that Maine Anjou and Belgian Blue got the myostatin gene from the shorthorns than the other way around. Even looking at some old black and white pictures the muscle definition on one or two...

Rare Breeds Survival Trust in the UK monitors two sections of native dairy Shorthorn. https://www.rbst.org.uk/northern-dairy-shorthorn2 https://www.rbst.org.uk/dairy-shorthorn-original-population

I also have an ET bull by Sparkle Girl and Meat Packet that carriers one E226X gene. I am assuming it comes from Diamond Captain Mark. He is just 16 months and I have tried him on a small number of cows I think are myostatin free. I also have a cow with 2 copies. She has calved unassisted and...

Has all the carrier SH animals tested so far shown up with E226X? I was wondering about F94L and if it has appeared at all? The Limousin breed have it and quite often in the Irish system they score very high for their maternal qualities as well as their terminal qualities. In fact they often...

Ireland has been using North American and Australian genetics to improve the cattle here, however there are some great tradition Irish lines still here and when crossed with the imported semen the next generation are really improving. It takes both sides of the genetics pool to really impress...

There are 9 different types, 4 of which appear in Shorthorn. Some are disruptive, some non-disruptive. They all have a different affect. Some reduce milk, some increase calving difficulty, but crucially some of the myostatin variants don't have a negative affect...

This is the first bull I've owned and bought him last year to sweep up after AI. Just thought I'd throw him into the thread when I had a mature pic. He's 32 months. Think he's grown well, although he isn't tall by Irish standards. He is standing a bit funny but he wasn't for moving. Bred from...

The Limousin breed that often have the double F94L myostatin gene are considered ideal as they have the muscling as well as being easy calves, and depending on the line, they can also provide enough milk. In the Irish grading system where marbling and tenderness are not considered, then they the...

The picture online of the Irish bull is of him at approximately 13 months I think. I would agree totally that he is extreme for a shorthorn, especially with the double E226X gene, although I was suggesting he is not extreme when compared to the majority of beef bulls used in Ireland. Limousin...

E226X - most common NT419 - sometimes F94L - sometimes A test bull for the Irish AI tested for double E226X. Grandparents being Waukaru Patent and Neearra Judith on one side of his pedigree and Perfect Storm and a Dovea Sir James cow on the other side. He will be welcomed in Ireland...