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My beef died this morning
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<blockquote data-quote="GoWyo" data-source="post: 1815284" data-attributes="member: 38220"><p>I chatted with Dr. Holt about the PAP issue when we had him PAP test our bulls. He said it is tricky because there are genetic components as well as environmental. However, with enough data at least some of the genetics can be teased out out of the ball of data. He said that the Limousin breed used to PAP very well and now as a breed is one of the worst. Certain sires such as Sydgen Enhance are terrible for PAP. Enhance is at the 99th percentile. GAR Hometown is in the top 1%. All a breeder can do is keep testing. What is really difficult with PAP is that the test isn't really valid until they are a year old and have a $700-800 feed bill in them and have to cull an otherwise good bull.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoWyo, post: 1815284, member: 38220"] I chatted with Dr. Holt about the PAP issue when we had him PAP test our bulls. He said it is tricky because there are genetic components as well as environmental. However, with enough data at least some of the genetics can be teased out out of the ball of data. He said that the Limousin breed used to PAP very well and now as a breed is one of the worst. Certain sires such as Sydgen Enhance are terrible for PAP. Enhance is at the 99th percentile. GAR Hometown is in the top 1%. All a breeder can do is keep testing. What is really difficult with PAP is that the test isn't really valid until they are a year old and have a $700-800 feed bill in them and have to cull an otherwise good bull. [/QUOTE]
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