Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

Hello Tom, Sounds wonderful! I am an Australian breeder and think It would be great if we (meaning 'we' Australians) could organise a group to come. Of course, for the amount of money to travel from here to there we would probably want to do more than just your two days of Dexter activities. If you ...

Hello all,

I am just wondering if people could tell me how many laboratories there are in Ireland/UK/Europe that are used by Dexter breeders to test Dexters for DNA + PV, BD1/2 and PHA?

If you could give me the actual company names and a web address this would be wonderful.

Regards
Kathleen

I feel the need to clarify some of the comments in the previous post - apologies to those who couldn't care less - but i cant abide misleading information. ~ The UK, until a few years ago, used an appendix registration system that was exactly the same as that first implemented in Australia. We origi...

Thanks for the quote Louisa - and the link B.Netti... its nice to read those old articles.

Thank you Duncan - that would be lovely if you can manage it.

... and in fact it probably is a good idea for people who have these documents to put them on computer so they are not lost to us for ever.

Thanks again.

Regards
Kathleen

Heya Louisa, Thank you for the info on the Journal of Royal Ag Soc - if you know of any way I could get to read the article I would be very grateful! Hello John, Thanks for the link to the polling article - I was looking in my genetics books and did a search on the genetics site I know ... I did goo...

Fascinating thread

I am wondering if anyone could explain this comment: "... you should contact a member of the beef network committee the contact details are on the Society website"

I am curious how this committee assists your membership - how it works exactly?

Regards
Kathleen

Hello JohnO, Thank you for the photos of the Red Kerry - I look forward to the new thread on colour. Re “scur polled bulls are mistaken for true polled bulls” - Notwithstanding the possibility that people sometimes mistake scurs for horns - the scurred gene is a different gene from the polled gene. ...

Thank you for the reply Saffy,

I am surprised - she looks polled - I have only ever seen horned cattle with a head that shape when they have been surgically dehorned at a young age.

Thanks again.

Regards
Kathleen

Hello Saffy,

Am wondering - is the 13 year old dun cow polled? Or just dehorned really well...

Regards
Kathleen

Hi Clive, I agree its not right to de-register/ refuse registration based on the fact that an animal is brindle because it happens to be red and show it... when the black ones don't have any bother because they don't show it. And you are dead right about someone not knowing if an animal is going to ...

Clive - its ok I know what you mean by more than a red tinge to the coat. I have seen animals that were pure bred (and we have DNA PV here) from imported lines that were black with red stripping - so an opposite of the brindle colouration if you will - its quite interesting really. Does the English ...

Does the British breed standard still mention Brindle? I know our breed guidelines no longer mention it - and there has been much angst over here (Australia) for some breedesr who have red cattle with darker markings. Nevertheless - According to my Cattle genetics books - Brindle is a dominant gene ...

I do not think breeders who use WM bloodlines are 'daft'. I am glad that Tim knows that his "Dexters are the best looking, best behaved and most perfect specimens of the breed......far better than everyone elses." :) Unfortunately for me - I know the type I want ... but the genetics are pe...

I can not leave without commenting: Duncan MacIntyre: "There are quite a few instances of "bulldogs"recorded to long legged animals." Yes and we now know about PHA. There are many reasons for 'anomalies' in calves born of 'pedigree' cattle - but when all is said and done it genet...