Salam everyone! Today we are talking about the choice of the Breeder (Breeder)
We can note 3 major criteria:
1- Choice about ANCESTRY: this choice is based on genetics, therefore on the genetic potential of the parents. If parents are good, they naturally transmit their qualities to their offspring who in turn transmit them to their descendants. A good father is, above all, one who has good parents (or even good grandparents).
If I am to by my understudy of the breeding competition that happens yearly in Senegal, the history of their competitions has shown that the winners are always the males and females with the best parents. I remember clearly from records that DIEYNA was 1st Saladam Champion in 2010. Her daughter Aicha succeeded her in 2011, her other daughter FESMAN became champion in 2013 and the latter’s daughter Bébé Yacine was crowned vice-champion in 2014. Her great-grandchildren – children – girls Niary Gouye and the Diva are 2016 and 2020 champions respectively.
On the men’s side we have the same result. Cheikh Diop, Saladam 2011 champion (former HG record holder) and Aicha are the parents of Magistrat (2016 champion) who is the father of GRAND RANE (2018 vice-champion) and Bâtonnier (2nd vice-champion 2020 and HG record holder). Magistrate is also the grandfather of Expert and Tokyo (champion and vice-champion 2023, weight record holder).
Boy Sérére, 2012 champion and LCS record holder, is the father of the United Nations (2014 champion), grandfather of Makhou Seye, current LCS record holder and great-grandfather of Bagdad (2nd in 2020). Naomi (2018 Champ) is the direct granddaughter of Sofia (2012 Champ) and First Lady (2016 2nd Runner-up). Ndeweuneul (2023 Champion and 2023 HG record) is the daughter of TERANGA (2018 Champion hope and HG record holder).
Alboury (Kharbi 2014) and Nephertity (Saladam 2012) are direct descendants of Mandela, the first champion of Kharbi 2009.
Genetics doesn’t lie!
2/ The choice on DESCENDENCE:
This choice is simpler and more reasonable because we choose the progenitor in relation to his offspring. If the babies are okay, that means the parents are good.
3/ MASS SELECTION:
There it is the mass (the phenotype) which determines the choice. The father has good measurements and good shape (characteristics of the breed) and we choose him. Note that: Phenotype = Genotype + Environment. A subject with good genetics and well maintained has more than a 99% chance of being tall.
However, a bull can be lacking in mass (or even a failure) and still be an excellent breeder. He may have very good parents and suffer from poor maintenance, which means he is not the way we want him to be. This will not prevent him from having good offspring since it is genes inherited from the parents that he transmits to them. We know the case of Djiby (son of Gorgui and Khady Tyson) who was a failure following poor maintenance but produced excellent products such as Boy Sérére, Bachir, Yannick, Grand Coly, Baye Cheikh…
We just have to ask ourselves the question of knowing the type of breeding we would like to do..
In the specific case of ladoum which breeding give me joy, you just need to have the
1- genealogical information of parents and grandparents
2 – information on the genotyping of parents and grandparents
3- qualification information of the subject and parents (prolificacy & productivity)
4- performance information of the animal and its parents (measurements / age / health etc.)
and finally the genetic information of the subject and his parents..
To determine a good 𝗠𝗮̂𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗲́𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘂𝗿 ( 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗺 )
