Faster Horses-Specifically I have heard nothing tying directly with In Focus- and there are a passel of In Focus calves out there ... It seems like right about now much of the purebred angus folks are in "Genetic Hysteria"....With the discovery (admittance :???: ) of the Curly Calf Syndrome (AM) in the Precision bloodlines- and the discovery (admittance :???: ) of the Fawn Calf Syndrome (FCS) and a couple differing types of dwarf syndromes- much of which seem to follow some of those same bloodlines...
I see on the Advantage Cattle site- they are now talking about finding "Inside Out" angus calves - something I thought previously had only been mostly a problem in Continentals and mostly Simmis...
Some of this has came about due to the further development of DNA testing- the ability to recognize these defects by the genes and the development of genetic tests for them...And the Labs will get rich off all the testing that will be done in the years to come...And until the tests are developed and the animals tested- there will be rumours flying about each and every one...
I have my own beliefs on how some of these genetic defects came to be in some of these performance bred angus cattle (defects that before had only shown up in some of the Continental breeds) --where in this day and age GREED seems to override ETHICS in much of business- and people cut some corners trying to get the Bigger Better Faster models....
FH- Maybe you noticed this paragraph in Gregg Golden's catalog:
In this day of A.I. and the saturation of the gene pool in the angus breed, we chose to stay the course. This herd is free of and has NO 9J9-Precision, NO Fame-Focus, NO 315-036-New Design and NO Bando 155-Bando 598. We dedicate ourselves to try to preserve genetics that made Angus, Angus......Fresh new genetics from old proven lines for the saturation of the Angus gene pool....