Keith Gibson, dairy development data manager at Select Sires Inc. explained, “We genomic test every bull calf that enters our program, which includes a gene test for the Polled condition. After this initial test, we verify with another Polled test through a separate genetic testing lab. Through this testing and discovery process, we have confirmed that 507JE1930 DABO-P is heterozygous Polled and all semen collected from this bull will produce 50 percent Polled offspring when mated to horned females.”
DABO-P has product in inventory and continues to produce semen for the market. Any straws printed prior to January, do not include the Polled suffix, however all DABO-P semen, regardless of collection date, is Polled. Moving forward, DABO-P will maintain the same stud code and all product and promotions will include the Polled suffix.