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How much do you use PLI in bull choice
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<blockquote data-quote="Jdunn55" data-source="post: 7645141" data-attributes="member: 81760"><p>I select for fat and protein first, followed by milk.</p><p>Any bull that isn't positive for chest and rump width gets discarded, then fertility and longevity. Then if being used on heifers I check calving ease and make sure hes not wildly difficult</p><p>I only use sexed semen which also helps narrow bull choice down</p><p>Then I check for all the other health traits and conformation traits and make sure theres nothing wildly awful (eg teats aren't likely to be at right angles to each other)</p><p>Then I start matching the bulls that are left to each of my cows and making sure what I'm left with matches up well (I also check for inbreeding at this stage), when I do this I try and use the higher pli bulls that remain if I can but if one of my cows needs something improving that a lower pli bull might improve better I'll use him without a second thought, that's as far as I use pli</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jdunn55, post: 7645141, member: 81760"] I select for fat and protein first, followed by milk. Any bull that isn't positive for chest and rump width gets discarded, then fertility and longevity. Then if being used on heifers I check calving ease and make sure hes not wildly difficult I only use sexed semen which also helps narrow bull choice down Then I check for all the other health traits and conformation traits and make sure theres nothing wildly awful (eg teats aren't likely to be at right angles to each other) Then I start matching the bulls that are left to each of my cows and making sure what I'm left with matches up well (I also check for inbreeding at this stage), when I do this I try and use the higher pli bulls that remain if I can but if one of my cows needs something improving that a lower pli bull might improve better I'll use him without a second thought, that's as far as I use pli [/QUOTE]
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