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Selection

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Selection is the process of determining which animals will produce the next generation of offspring. Selection can happen at various stages of an animals life. Selection occurs for both males and females and includes decision such as bull and semen purchases, within herd heifer retention or replacement heifer purchases, embryo donor cow selection and cow culling decisions. Many factors can be involved in selection decisions such as confirmation, productivity, color, horned/polled/scurred or other factors.