Double Muscled Angus

My question is this. Is there a place at this point in time for the intentional use of Angus bulls that carry the double muscling gene? Back when I was a registered breeder and purchased and raised various herdsires, occasionally I would run into a few bulls that would produce double muscling. I did this by linebreeding them back to their daughters. Now there is a test I see that you can use to identify these. Just my opinion, but the intentional production of these animals could be an interesting way to produce terminal, high yielding outcross that could still be called Angus, not Limousine. This topic will probably end up in the same garbage bin as the one I started on tails and switches, or the one I was thinking about starting on cutting horse breeders and their lack of knowledge about cattle and how this correlates to the high divorce rate among cutting horse breeders, or the thread I was going to start about great cow dogs who take a leak in your tool box but sit & grin at you when you let them sit in the front seat with you as you travel down the road.

DV talking to my 2 ash trees about when it would be good timing to plant alfalfa

Good question. Do you think one gene for double muscling affects marbling? See any negatives in the sires that had one gene for double muscling? Notice any difference in the daughters? Lots of questions, but this is an interesting topic.

Will wrote:

Good question. Do you think one gene for double muscling affects marbling?

To a certain degree, but given that both the dam and sire has high marbling genetics, it is quite possible for the offspring to marble, that is, if it is fed well...

An example: the piedmontese breed has a lot of good marbling genes. They are not expressed among the purebred, they do however come into play in crosses with british breeds and dairy cattle. In such situations marbling genetics come from both parents, and show up even under the influence of the single copy of the double muscling gene.

Tulip, in the vicinity of being a self proclaimed expert in double muscling traits.

I think a single copy of the DM mutation might increase yield percentages. For some reason there is a lack of research on the affects of a single copy of the double muscle mutation on meat quality and yield. The question I have is why does angus bulls have a double muscle mutation of another breed? DV did the suspected DM bulls have supposely common ancestor(s) or did you try to find a common link when you where a registered angus breeder? I am thinking that a double muscle angus bull might make an excellent terminal sire.

Why spend years developing a Limmy, when they already exist?


Dog piss running down a hot muffler is one of the little joys of life.



Cutters are the bastardization of natural beauty.


Ash trees die when a cow looks at them.





Bootheel, consulting with locusts and their use for feed

Dennis Voss wrote:

My question is this. Is there a place at this point in time for the intentional use of Angus bulls that carry the double muscling gene? Back when I was a registered breeder and purchased and raised various herdsires, occasionally I would run into a few bulls that would produce double muscling. I did this by linebreeding them back to their daughters. Now there is a test I see that you can use to identify these. Just my opinion, but the intentional production of these animals could be an interesting way to produce terminal, high yielding outcross that could still be called Angus, not Limousine. This topic will probably end up in the same garbage bin as the one I started on tails and switches, or the one I was thinking about starting on cutting horse breeders and their lack of knowledge about cattle and how this correlates to the high divorce rate among cutting horse breeders, or the thread I was going to start about great cow dogs who take a leak in your tool box but sit & grin at you when you let them sit in the front seat with you as you travel down the road.

DV talking to my 2 ash trees about when it would be good timing to plant alfalfa

DV, it would also be interesting to know the degree of existing demand for double muscled bulls of any breed.

DB

Bootheel wrote:

Why spend years developing a Limmy, when they already exist?


Dog piss running down a hot muffler is one of the little joys of life.



Cutters are the bastardization of natural beauty.


Ash trees die when a cow looks at them.





Bootheel, consulting with locusts and their use for feed

The French accent probably, Gaelic is more palatable to the ear.

Cat piss running down the front windshield into the heater intake is big joy on a cold winter morning when you turn on the defrosting heater fan. Full aroma.

I don't know any cutters so can't comment.

DB...glad we have had some rain and I don't need to consult the shrubs.

funny that the characteristic tendencies of evolved animals are more consistent and predictable than what we "breeders" have accomplished...I have no clue if there are any positive correlations between other traits of carcass desirability and double muscling...I always assumed nil; but...we often assume too much...

I know of no double muscled breed that marbles to the extent of none double muscled breeds. Are non double muscled, single muscled? Using correct terminology is very important to me. I don't want to get caught promoting single muscled cattle and have to say something like ''squishy'' to properly describe them. Is being ''squishy'' an economically important trait?


I thought Mr. Keeney was the one who said if we make them marble like a Wagyu, they will look like one too. Is my world falling down around me, or just my reading comprehension due to negative influences?


If an Angus is muscled like a Limmy, won't it be a limmy in most all other ways?


Bootheel, most definetely not French or Gayish

How/Would this fit into a trueline effort? How much more can we make with double muscled black-hided bovines? How much can we lose with double muscled black-hided bovines? Can Will market the hybrids of double muscled cattle even if he has quit bull sales? Can Joe make them survive the drought or will they eat double amounts? Do double muscled cattle have 8 stomachs and udders to spare? Will DV find them near the bridge? Has WT been in Iowa with a flashlight and a textbook on cattle judging? Why am I asking all of these questions?

Eddie, not sure.

A calf that is heterozygous for double muscling and homozygous for good marbling will have decent marbling while it will have lots of muscle. A seedless fruit.

Tulip, neither nor.

Bootheel wrote:

I know of no double muscled breed that marbles to the extent of none double muscled breeds. Are non double muscled, single muscled? Using correct terminology is very important to me. I don't want to get caught promoting single muscled cattle and have to say something like ''squishy'' to properly describe them. Is being ''squishy'' an economically important trait?


I thought Mr. Keeney was the one who said if we make them marble like a Wagyu, they will look like one too. Is my world falling down around me, or just my reading comprehension due to negative influences?


If an Angus is muscled like a Limmy, won't it be a limmy in most all other ways?


Bootheel, most definetely not French or Gayish

continuing on those thoughts Joe, 1680 wasn`t a bad bull, he was just a Wagyu...I assume until proven otherwise, a double muscle Angus equates a double muscle Limmy except in "breed" nomenclature...

the hog boy chased this some time ago with stress gene(i cannot remember the correct name i have to much gray hair)it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. higher cutouts,but the pork was not as appealing to the end consummer. like every magic bullet their comes problems. when you use outliers you are using genetic mutants. we have chased all kinds of things like a dog chasing it tale .It might be fun for a little while but not for long.

tim hair wrote:

the hog boy chased this some time ago with stress gene(i cannot remember the correct name i have to much gray hair)it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. higher cutouts,but the pork was not as appealing to the end consummer. like every magic bullet their comes problems. when you use outliers you are using genetic mutants. we have chased all kinds of things like a dog chasing it tale .It might be fun for a little while but not for long.

good answer.