Changes in breeding soundness evaluation during a breeding season

Authors

A.W. Thompson
T.T. Marston
M. Sanderson
P. Chenoweth

Keywords

Cattlemen's Day, 2004; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 04-242-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 923; Beef; Breeding; Soundness

Abstract

Breeding-soundness evaluations are a common tool in the beef industry to test a bull's potential fertility. These evaluations place a bull into one of three categories: satisfactory, unsatisfactory, or deferred. These categories only refer to the bull at a specific time, and his status can and will change over time. The purpose of this report is to explain and demonstrate the changes in a bull's breeding- soundness evaluations during a breeding season.

Recommended Citation

Thompson, A.W.; Marston, T.T.; Sanderson, M.; and Chenoweth, P. (2004) "Changes in breeding soundness evaluation during a breeding season," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 1. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.1611