Re: Thoughts on Bison and Cattle Hybrid?
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I believe beefalo were back bred from crossbreeds and pure to be 5/8 beef and 3/8 bison.
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Re: Thoughts on Bison and Cattle Hybrid?
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06/10/22 01:08 PM
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Most bison herds are not pure And unless they have been very well managed for a few decades they have a big brucellosis problem.
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Re: Thoughts on Bison and Cattle Hybrid?
[Re: Pike River]
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06/10/22 01:09 PM
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Like others are saying the concept has been around for a long time but never seems to have taken much of a market share at all.
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Re: Thoughts on Bison and Cattle Hybrid?
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Most bison herds are not pure I've talked to a person who used to work for Ted Turner's big bison operation in the sandhills of Nebraska. Said they did a lot of genetic testing trying to find a genuine bison in the herd at that branch. Every buffalo at that branch division had some cow DNA.
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Re: Thoughts on Bison and Cattle Hybrid?
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Most bison herds are not pure I've talked to a person who used to work for Ted Turner's big bison operation in the sandhills of Nebraska. Said they did a lot of genetic testing trying to find a genuine bison in the herd at that branch. Every buffalo at that branch division had some cow DNA. Last study I saw didnt show any cattle genetics in the Tetons and Yellowstone populations
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Re: Thoughts on Bison and Cattle Hybrid?
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I read way back probly 40 yrs ago that the beefalo were very resistant to cold weather sickness but obviously they didn't take off to be popular.
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