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Pedigree Breeders, compromising welfare?
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<blockquote data-quote="waterbuffalofarmer" data-source="post: 3962204" data-attributes="member: 54454"><p>Fascinating thread to read through. Personally I am not a fan of muscular breeds of cattle, never really have appealed that much am afraid, apart from limousine. We AI our animals with top milking genetics, we are aiming for a 3-3.5 thousand ltr animal which will give good amounts off a grass based system, without the need of much pushing at all. I was thinking about embryo transfer for a time, but after what happened last time I am thinking it's better to let the cow rear her own calf. Whilst I think ET is handy, I don't fully agree with it. I think some of what is happening to these breeds is sad, because of how the market has demanded it, it's sad that we as breeders/farmers cannot dictate what the market should have instead of what it wants to have. This is partly why my family and I started to keep water buffalo, to create or rather to open up the already niche market for it, were we can dictate,to some degree, of what we can sell to it. I have a genetic goal with the herd, as I hope to take it over from my parents someday as my brother's are not that interested... When I look at how far we have come with them I feel a sense of pride with the work (must be careful here <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ) the bulls we use don't only provide the milk genetics, but we also select them out for confirmation too and good growth, so the bull calves finish better, so far it is working very well. The specimens born this year, no assistance required, are brilliant and are growing very well and fast. Sorry for going on a bit.. I'll get me coat <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="waterbuffalofarmer, post: 3962204, member: 54454"] Fascinating thread to read through. Personally I am not a fan of muscular breeds of cattle, never really have appealed that much am afraid, apart from limousine. We AI our animals with top milking genetics, we are aiming for a 3-3.5 thousand ltr animal which will give good amounts off a grass based system, without the need of much pushing at all. I was thinking about embryo transfer for a time, but after what happened last time I am thinking it's better to let the cow rear her own calf. Whilst I think ET is handy, I don't fully agree with it. I think some of what is happening to these breeds is sad, because of how the market has demanded it, it's sad that we as breeders/farmers cannot dictate what the market should have instead of what it wants to have. This is partly why my family and I started to keep water buffalo, to create or rather to open up the already niche market for it, were we can dictate,to some degree, of what we can sell to it. I have a genetic goal with the herd, as I hope to take it over from my parents someday as my brother's are not that interested... When I look at how far we have come with them I feel a sense of pride with the work (must be careful here ;) ) the bulls we use don't only provide the milk genetics, but we also select them out for confirmation too and good growth, so the bull calves finish better, so far it is working very well. The specimens born this year, no assistance required, are brilliant and are growing very well and fast. Sorry for going on a bit.. I'll get me coat :p [/QUOTE]
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