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Friday 30 May 2014

The Amazing Traits Of Irish Black Cattle

By Marci Glover


The Irish Black owes its origin to the genetic theory developed by a world renowned geneticist in the 1930s in the Lowa state by the name Dr. Jay Lush. He maintained that quality could persistently be achieved as a result of a concentrated gene pool enhanced through the process of line breeding. The theory was later studied by Maurice Boney, a researcher of Johnstown Co. And developed the Irish black cattle breed in the early 1970s. The researcher was guided by the motive of creating more influence on the homozygous traits, especially in the present beef industry.

The breed has since been close- herd and line bred to facilitate built-in genetic prediction in effort to transmit their inherent quality genetics for production attributes, fertility and superior meat quality to progeny. The cattle were in addition preferred to as having an attractive feeding capacity, that is, efficiently convert forage into high quality beef.

The specific animals in this family are generally black in color and have a moderate body frame and size. However, red colored calves are occasionally given birth. They are also averagely muscled and have sound legs and feet. The breed is rather homozygous, which means that it is good at transmitting traits to the offspring. The bulls stand a high chance of transferring most desired parent traits to the new generation as opposed to bulls from other breeds.

There are numerous reasons why commercial producers should opt for this breed of cattle. To begin with, the animals have an outstanding genetic purity. The breed is well known for a trail of four-decade and line-breeding. Unlike others, it has no blood from other breed in their small gene pool. The animals have been proven to have high a carcass quality. They consistently score exceptionally high for preferable carcass genetics, especially in tenderness and marbling due to their minimized back fat.

The life of such animals is not confined to one particular locality. They flourish in a variety of environments, ranging from lowland to high altitude areas. For instance, they are evenly distributed in the United States and other far arrears as Texas, Mississippi, Florida and Canada.

Irish blacks have high fertility and productivity. Scrotal circumference in bulls can tell it all, it is large and said to have motile sperm. The range is 92 percent to 98 percent of normal sperm. The very bulls can comfortably service an average of between 92 cows to 98 cows annually. They have a profound display of libido that makes them breeding machines.

The females on the other hand reach puberty early. They also cycle numerous times before attaining their first breeding, which is a key factor in conceiving if bred for the first time. Another element in their breed back ability rests in their relatively shorter gestation period. The factor gives the cow ample time to ready themselves specifically for the next season. A short gestation period implies fewer calving problems and fewer uterine infections, all translating to an earlier, more fertile proceeding heat cycle.

Calving is easy and is determined by the calf birth weight that averages to 70 pound for this species. They have a high milk production and a reputation of calving on their own. The position and size of the udder is favorable, making suckling easy and simple. Be sure to invest in this breed for return.




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