[Jacob-list] SUED question

Lasell J. Bartlett lasell at lasell.org
Wed Mar 14 07:32:12 EDT 2012


From what I understand, SUED shows up when a 4 horn carrier breeds
with a 4 horn carrier, and chance has it show it. (Sorry for rough
genetic description?)

Can a 2 horn Jacob carry the gene and pass it along, so that even if
it would never show up in a 2 horn sheep, it could show up in a later
generation if the 2 horn or its offspring, had 4 horn offspring (that
was bred to carrier 4 horn)?

Or does the gene NOT get passed along through the 2 horn sheep?

Or something else?

Under what circumstances do any of you breeders cull or not cull
lambs with (milder degrees of) SUED?

Lasell J Bartlett
lasell at lasell.org






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