snoit
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What are the risks of using a TH positive bull? Will it only be a bad thing if the cow is TH and if so what are the chances of a problem if you do? If the cow is PHA is that ok?
hamburgman said:I am bias and you can call me the scourge of the earth, but i feel that if you are shooting for champions, it is a lot easier to do with a TH gene.
(welcome)Shawhill said:being a new member of steerplanet, i have been enjoying all the different topics. surely with a genetic problem the long term solutions is to breed it out or cull . ps i am from scotland uk
WEll put:and what Ive said before without the eloquence_THIS is how all these really GOOD clean ones are coming about-and there are ALOT more thick cool choices today than a few years ago. WHY???-someone bred a TH bull or vices versa to a clean one-and PRODUCED A GREAT ONE,or alot closer to great than what preceeded-and KLEEN. O0Jacob B said:To the original question, there are NO risks involved in breeding to a TH pos bull if the cow is neg. If you do breed 2 pos. together, there is still only a 25% chance that the calf will be born defective. I happen to be a fan of some cows that are TH pos. I would hate for them all to be put down just because of that. Breed out of it, or around it depending on what you are trying to accomplish. There are both good bulls and cows on both sides of it that you can find to mate without being worried about the negative outcome.////
mark tenenbaum said:WEll put:and what Ive said before without the eloquence_THIS is how all these really GOOD clean ones are coming about-and there are ALOT more thick cool choices today than a few years ago. WHY???-someone bred a TH bull or vices versa to a clean one-and PRODUCED A GREAT ONE,or alot closer to great than what preceeded-and KLEEN. O0Jacob B said:To the original question, there are NO risks involved in breeding to a TH pos bull if the cow is neg. If you do breed 2 pos. together, there is still only a 25% chance that the calf will be born defective. I happen to be a fan of some cows that are TH pos. I would hate for them all to be put down just because of that. Breed out of it, or around it depending on what you are trying to accomplish. There are both good bulls and cows on both sides of it that you can find to mate without being worried about the negative outcome.////