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Coat Colour | Canine Parentage

The Coat Colour Test tells you what to expect from your breeding stock before calves hit the ground. If your goal is to produce black beef cattle for breeding stock or more profit at the slaughterhouse, then you want to be sure your potential sires and dams are free of the red gene. On the other hand, if Red and White Holstein cattle are your choice, then DNA testing for Red Carrier will help identify key black-and-white Holsteins to include in your breeding program.

With so much potential profit riding on coat colour, testing is economically important. The VITA-TECH Coat Colour DNA test is the surest way to predict progeny coat color. It's 99 percent accurate, affordable.

The test identifies the genotype of an animal as Homozygous Black (will only produce black calves) or Red Carrier (can produce black or red calves). VITA-TECH's Coat Colour DNA test also identifies the "wild-type" genotype that is often associated with Red-Blacks in Holstein cattle.