Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

Don't know how many of you have had time yet to read your Bulletin but an additional £38.42 has just been added to the cost of registering a bull (page 2).

Do you mean because they must be linear assessed Jac? In a way I do not have problem with the idea of that, but not sure how it will work, because they all have to be 2 yr old for assessment, quite a number are registered before that, and the cost of registration according to page 48 of the same bulletin, is £110 more if they are over 2yo. Some confusion to sort out I think.

Duncan

Do you mean because they must be linear assessed Jac? In a way I do not have problem with the idea of that, but not sure how it will work, because they all have to be 2 yr old for assessment, quite a number are registered before that, and the cost of registration according to page 48 of the same bulletin, is £110 more if they are over 2yo. Some confusion to sort out I think.

Duncan

it all looks a bit confusing to me, is the editorial indicating that if you are wanting to advertise semen in the bulletin the bull needs linear assessment.

then the mention of the chondrodysplasia gene, on the registration cost page the cost for this is right at the bottom, no where near the bull registration charges and not mentioned as being needed.

Shambles springs to mind

No, Duncan they must now be chrondro tested which is another £38.42 (whether or not you choose to advertise them in the Bulletin). Never even considered age of scoring that will add a bit more because you have to register the bull later. As regards the linear scoring and advertising bulls in the Bulletin, the Bulletin is supposed to be independent see disclaimer at end of page 2.

It is not clear whether this ban on advertising relates to AI bulls specifically listed under 'other A.I. bulls' or general ads for bulls for sale or on AI in other parts of the bulletin. On the surface, linear scoring bulls to be advertised (for AI) seems like a good idea however, at this early stage of testing when taking recessive genes into account with no progeny testing it is not a good thing since members will by default have those advertised and those bulls, are in effect being "approved for use".

Linear scoring is an aid to breed improvement but I am however completely against forcing anyone to have their animals linear scored by punishment if they do not comply. The mass gathering of animals to be scored is not without risk as there are more transmittable diseases to worry about other than TB but that said, linear scoring is a good thing and more widespread use would benefit the breed.