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Post by timbernt on Mar 16, 2015 20:18:49 GMT -6
Just read an article about a university researcher who is in the process of creating white Angus to be better adapted to hotter climates. He is putting in 40 of those embryos this spring. Created from cloning tissues from an Angus and inserting the white gene from Belted Galloway and short hair gene from Senepol. His idea is intolerance to heat is the only fault Angus have and he is going to fix that.
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Post by larso on Mar 16, 2015 20:29:53 GMT -6
Half his luck!( Aussie expression for " I think he's wasting his time " )
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Post by jayh on Mar 17, 2015 3:04:22 GMT -6
Probably got a grant to do it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 10:57:57 GMT -6
I'll tell you one thing a Hereford and Senepol cross makes for 1 ugly looking calf and definitely not a cross that would do well in the northern states. When Orville Sweet had some of his last cows he owned on our farm he experimented with that cross thinking the Senepol might add some nice muscling by breeding a few of his purebred Herefords AI to a Senepol bull and the result were short haired and floppy eared calves that definitely were not ideal for the Iowa seasonal weather. Thankfully he did not make it a multi-year experiment after seeing the results.
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Post by bookcliff on Mar 17, 2015 11:08:17 GMT -6
well not quite as ugly as a calf I saw one time that was out of a Belted Galloway bull and a Scotch Highlander cow
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Post by timbernt on Mar 17, 2015 12:02:59 GMT -6
Outside of whatever linkage occurs, I think the idea is to only bring along the color gene and short hair. If you have Angus you feel there are no other genetics needed.
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Post by pwbedy on Mar 25, 2015 22:30:55 GMT -6
My Dad Would call that"TOO MANY PEOPLE STIRRIN IN GOD'S PUDDIN!"
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