Friday, May 30, 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.

By description, the animals have a general dark appearance, with black being their common color. There are however few exceptions where red calves are born. The legs and feet are sound to support the moderate size body. Irish reds and blacks are efficient transmitters of traits to their offspring than all other breeds.

Commercial producers have many convincing reasons why they should engage in this kind of rearing. This family of cattle has a fascinating genetic purity. They are widely known for having consistent and predictable results in the calf crop. In fact, they have a history of a four-decade line breeding behind them. As opposed to other family, the individuals have no different blood in their genes other than their own. They also have quality carcass evidenced from their high score in desired carcass genetics. The carcass has low back fat and thus tender.

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.

On the other hand, the females have an early puberty, with multiple cycles before their initial breeding. They also have a short gestation period that leaves them with enough time to prepare for the next season. The short period enhances smooth calving and reduces uterine infection, which in turn leads to an earlier and more productive heat cycle.

Birth weights among new borne eases the process of calving. The calves are born with an average weight of 70 pounds. Summers are associated with animals being locked far in ranches and farmers have reported many cases of the animals calving safely on their own. The young ones find it simple to suckle because of the position and small size of the udder. When in need of a productive, fertile and marketable species of cattle for commercial production, be sure to check out on the Irish Black.




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