deBeer Bonsmara


Superior Genetics – Exceptional Meat

deBeer Bonsmara


Superior Genetics – Exceptional Meat

deBeer Bonsmara


Superior Genetics – Exceptional Meat

deBeer Bonsmara


Superior Genetics – Exceptional Meat

deBeer Bonsmara


Superior Genetics – Exceptional Meat

Rejection Codes

A

Performance

A1 Slaughter Clause
A2 Minimum Breed
Standards (index)
A3 EBV’s below standard
(estimated breeding value

B

GENERAL CONFORMATION
B1 Not Bonsmara type
B2 Poor muscling
B3 Poor balance (height/length)
B4 Poor Balance (front/hind quarter)
B5 Poor constitution or
poorly adapted
B6 Pony type
B7 Big (late matured)
B8 Coarsely boned
B9 Fine boned
B10 Lack of depth
B11 Lacks in spring of rib
B12 Abnormal gait
B13 Flat
B14 Excessive muscling

C

Color
C1 White above underline
C2 White above switch
C3 Not typical Bonsmara
color

D

Hair coat
D1 Long or woolly hair coat

E

Masculinity / Femininity
E1 Oxy

F

Temperament
F1 Bad temperament
F2 Wild (difficult to handle)

G

Head
G1 Skew face
G2 Light jaw
G3 Undershot jaw
G4 Overshot jaw
G5 Compressed head
G6 Poor eyebrow development
G7 Narrow head
G8 Dish face

H

Front Quarter
H1 Prominent brisket (heifers)
H2 Loosely attached shoulders

J

Mid piece
J1 Hollow back
J2 Laterally twisted spine
J3 Hunchback
J4 Devil’s grip
J3 Roofy on shoulders

K

Hind quarter
K1 Rump too flat
K2 Excessively sloping rump
K3 Rump too roofy
K4 Narrow through pin bones
K5 Excessively rounded hind quarter
K6 Flat through thighs

L

Front Legs
L1 X-legged
L2 Pigeon toed
L3 Bandylegged
L4 Stag knees
L5 Knees bent backwards
L6 Duck feet (Stands on inner hooves)

M

Hind Legs
M1 Straight Hocks
M2 Excessively sickle hocked
M3 Excessively cow hocked
M4 Short gait
M5 Bandy legged

N

Pasterns
N1 Weak pasterns
N2 Upright pasterns
N3 Twisted pasterns
N4 Missing dew claws

P

Hooves
P1 Outgrowing hooves
P2 Hooves curling inwards
P3 Hooves too open (pole shoe)
P4 Lack in depth of heel
P5 Hooves differ in size
P6 Cork screw hooves
P7 Standing on outside part of hind hooves

Q

Tail
Q1 Wrytail – attached off centre
Q2 Baboon tail
Q3 Congenital kink in upper third of tail

R

Scrotum & testes

R1 Scrotum twisted (>45o)
R2 Testes (scrotum) too small
R3 Testes too big
R4 ‘ Koeksister’ shaped testes
R5 Hypoplasia
R6 Cryptorchidism (testes did not drop)
R7 Excessively long hair on scrotum
R8 Scrotum split
R9 Testes ‘scoops’ forward

Minimum scrotum circumference

Post wean growth test
Weight Circumference
375-399 kg 300 mm
400-449 kg 310 mm
450-499 kg 320 mm
500-549 kg 330 mm
550kg & higher 350 mm

Intensive growth tests

305 mm

Corrected 

(to standard weight of 425kg)

S
Sheath
S1 Sheath too long
S2 Fleshy sheath
S3 Preputial prolapse
S4 Sheath opening too big
S5 Navel

T

Female Genitals
T1 Under developed vulva
T2 Vulva tends to be horizontal

V

Udder & Teats
V1 Poor udder development
V2 Poor or abnormal teat development
V3 Bottle teats

W

Other Reasons
W1 Any other negative traits not on list – Please SPECIFY

Remarks
Use W1 as little as possible.