Of the 21 rams I am testing 8 are 100% Barbados Blackbelly. Stephan your results of 25% QR have given me hope. If Virginia State ever has any QR Barbados Blackbelly rams available for sale let me know! It would really advance my program here!
I will most certaintly keep you updated with my test results! I have no idea of how long it will take to get results back. I am finding out that I am not the most patient man. My progress has been limited to the use of QR sheep. I dream of the day I have a RR Barbados Blackbelly ram. The existence of 25% QR Barbados Blackbelly population would seem to imply there is around 6.25% RR Barbados Blackbelly sheep out there somewhere! My intentions are to join the voluntary srapie program as soon as I get "R" established in my Barbados Blackbelly flock. I see no reason to join until I am ready to close my flock. Mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carol J. Elkins Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 7:31 PM To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [blackbelly] Scrapie Testing Let us know when you get the tests back on your sheep. It will be good data to add to our very limited information about how our breeds test in this area. Because your flock is a cross-bred flock, it could be that you end up with a higher percentage of QR/RR than a purebred flock. Our government's idiocy increases exponentially. Carol At 03:27 PM 2/2/2006 -0600, you wrote: >I believe it will take 10 years to establish an 'RR' flock of Barbados >Blackbelly at my location. > >How many "voluntary" programs will become "mandatory" in the next 10 years? > >Consider all the government interest and involvement in tagging livestock. >How soon before we are "required" to use electronic tags? _______________________________________________ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.in fo _______________________________________________ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info
