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Tuskless vs. Tusked Cow

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19 May 2010, 20:15
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Tuskless vs. Tusked Cow
This may be a stupid question, but how does a tuskless cow come about and not a tusked cow? Is it some sort of genetic distinction? Aren't the ele in a herd fairly closely related to each other?


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Marcus Cady

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19 May 2010, 20:28
graybird
Genetics as I understand it.


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19 May 2010, 23:04
retreever
That is the reason they try to shoot tuskless to get the gene out of the herd.

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19 May 2010, 23:27
Will
Guess that ain't the only answer. At least tuskless would be the last to be poached.


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19 May 2010, 23:40
Marty
As I understand it, the genetics are not well understood, but in areas that have been heavily hunted/poached for long periods of time, the incidence of tusklessness is much higher. It's supposed to be about 3%, but I have read that in some areas it may be as high as 17%, secondary to having been shot for their teeth for generations. That is the reason that the Zim game department allows shooting for tuskless, to reduce prevalence in the gene pool.