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<blockquote data-quote="egbert" data-source="post: 8077630" data-attributes="member: 9965"><p>It was done quite openly too.</p><p>I recall a cow at the pedigree sale - on the old Exeter site- which had a blonde cross heifer calf - that could be graded up apparently </p><p></p><p>The double muscle gene thats being rooted out (and i presume everyone is trying to be rid...(maybe some twits want it) is known to be connected to runty little progeny.</p><p>That's not the problem I experienced with a bull from a TOP herd (no names, he's a lovely man I'm desperately fond of). </p><p>I had a few very bad calvings after the bull - normal looking calves getting stuck halfway out, wedged inside by inflated backsides.</p><p>Worse, those heifers that didn't show it still carried it. </p><p>They grew into gorgeous cows, but for 3 springs on the trot, I'd come out in the morning to find a dead cow with a dead calf halfway out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="egbert, post: 8077630, member: 9965"] It was done quite openly too. I recall a cow at the pedigree sale - on the old Exeter site- which had a blonde cross heifer calf - that could be graded up apparently The double muscle gene thats being rooted out (and i presume everyone is trying to be rid...(maybe some twits want it) is known to be connected to runty little progeny. That's not the problem I experienced with a bull from a TOP herd (no names, he's a lovely man I'm desperately fond of). I had a few very bad calvings after the bull - normal looking calves getting stuck halfway out, wedged inside by inflated backsides. Worse, those heifers that didn't show it still carried it. They grew into gorgeous cows, but for 3 springs on the trot, I'd come out in the morning to find a dead cow with a dead calf halfway out. [/QUOTE]
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