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Red angus or red baldie heifers?
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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1849571" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>Watch this video on heterosis in beef cattle by the Univ of Iowa. At about 11:20, they put up a chart, and he explains it well, that shows what breeds have a lot of DNA in commom ( all Continentals do) . Hereford and Angus are further apart than any other bos taurus breeds. That cross yields maximum heterosis. When you cross a half and half animal again, and use a third breed for terminal cross, this is the 2nd highest heterosis you can get. [USER=23716]@Davemk[/USER] suggested you use a homo for black bull to get black calves. A black Simm would be an ideal terminal bull to use. If you don't care about black calves (And I assume you don't, or you'd use a Herf x Angus black baldie) then any color Simm would be the best bull to use. Or a red Charolais. [MEDIA=youtube]mE5jDN63wFA[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1849571, member: 40587"] Watch this video on heterosis in beef cattle by the Univ of Iowa. At about 11:20, they put up a chart, and he explains it well, that shows what breeds have a lot of DNA in commom ( all Continentals do) . Hereford and Angus are further apart than any other bos taurus breeds. That cross yields maximum heterosis. When you cross a half and half animal again, and use a third breed for terminal cross, this is the 2nd highest heterosis you can get. [USER=23716]@Davemk[/USER] suggested you use a homo for black bull to get black calves. A black Simm would be an ideal terminal bull to use. If you don't care about black calves (And I assume you don't, or you'd use a Herf x Angus black baldie) then any color Simm would be the best bull to use. Or a red Charolais. [MEDIA=youtube]mE5jDN63wFA[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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