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<blockquote data-quote="bovine" data-source="post: 714542" data-attributes="member: 12486"><p>Buy a bull of known breeding - with established EBVs, especially for calving ease. I've seen a number of cases where people have bought a 'cheap' bull and after the 15th caesarian (on a farm that averaged one every 3 years) they were thinking he was quite an expensive bull.....</p><p></p><p>Usual caveats - only buy a virgin bull. Check for disease status (so that it matches your herd). Ensure some sort of Johne's monitoring (particularly in Lims). Preferably semen tested with a certificate and some kind of guarantee.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bovine, post: 714542, member: 12486"] Buy a bull of known breeding - with established EBVs, especially for calving ease. I've seen a number of cases where people have bought a 'cheap' bull and after the 15th caesarian (on a farm that averaged one every 3 years) they were thinking he was quite an expensive bull..... Usual caveats - only buy a virgin bull. Check for disease status (so that it matches your herd). Ensure some sort of Johne's monitoring (particularly in Lims). Preferably semen tested with a certificate and some kind of guarantee. [/QUOTE]
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