"THE PERFECT CROSS "
These calves are born unassisted, with no increased incidence of dystocia.
Pied bulls cross well with any breed of cattle needing extra muscling, higher percentage premium cuts (especially ribeye) and to increase heat and insect tolerance.
We have seen NO difficulty in calving, with most crossbreds calving at 75-80 lbs here in the southeast.
The solid color is dominant so even calves out of spotted mommas are typically solid colored.
Weight gains are excellent (see GA bull test data on TOP OF SALES PAGe showing our bulls gained in the range of 4.2-4.4 lbs ADG)
The cross will increase hot hanging weight and dressing out percentages by 5-8%, with lighter bone, thinner hides, longer bodies and smaller heads.
Market to specialty brands such as Laura's Lean and Montana Range for maximum profit. CROSSBREDS SHOULD BE TREATED AS A TERMINAL CROSS.
The following photos provided by PAUS show piedmontese crossed with Herford, Angus, Longhorn and Limousin.
Please click on Anaborapi crossbred photo gallery to see many additional crossing including Holstein, Brahma and Nelore, Angus, Red Angus, Herford,
Scottish, and Brown Swiss. (click on photo to enlarge and read breed).
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ANOBORAPI information page on crossbreds,
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Crossbred Piedmontese-simmental calf carcass analysis
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WHAT COLOR ARE PIEDMONTESE?
By Patrea Pabst Beaver Creek Farm
One of the most common questions people ask is what color are Piedmontese and what color are their calves.
The answer is complicated. Genetically, piedmontese cattle are homozygous red and usually homozygous grey (dark skin, white hair). As a result, they are typically born red, and at about six weeks of age, the grey gene kicks in and they turn grey, which becomes lighter with age.Piedmontese cattle are not white.
The genetics of red and grey are well known. Black is dominant to red, so crossing a pied with a homozygous black cow will produce black offspring, crossing a pied with a heterozygous black-red cow with produce 50% black and 50% red, and crossing a pied with a homozygous red cow with produce 100% red. Grey is a dominant dilute gene. It is not a color gene but a modifier of color. Because most Piedmontese are homozygous grey, which is a dominant dilute gene, all of their offspring will eventually turn grey, but will typically turn grey at a later age than a fullbloodPiedmontese because the calves of any non-grey cow will be heterozygous grey.
Piedmontese do not carry a spotting gene, so offspring of a pied and a spotted cow will be solid, but their offspring may be spotted if bred back to a spotted cow.
The Simmental association has an excellent article on inheritance of color in cattle. Olsen, et al. 1999. http://simmental.org/site/pdf/other/olsoncolor.pdf. See pages 36, Table 3.1, 41-42.
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