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PATHFINDER
ANGUS



Sires & performance



The Pathfinder breeding program comprises a herd of 1800 stud and commercial Angus females, with over 1500 females inseminated to the industry’s top sires and approximately 200 embryos implanted from our elite cows. We constantly scan Australia, USA, and New Zealand for sires that will make both our herd and our clients’ herds more profitable. If there are better proven genetics out there, we will find them, however with our strict criteria of good structure and docility, combined with high scrotal, a lot of popular sires don’t make it to first base! We have a number of proven, high performance and new sires represented in 2021.



2021 reference sires





Breedplan has revolutionised our ability to make genetic progress, along with AI and ET, however the challenge is to find an optimal level of production traits that suit both our environment and premium market specifications. Our breeding philosophy is simple – we want the heaviest, thickest, docile calves possible from an unassisted birth and have carcass traits that provide feed-lotters with a high return



BALDRIDGE
BEAST MODE B074



Beast Mode has been an outstanding sire. Not only a massive spread of birth to Top 1% growth, but also Top 2% structure and calves are very docile. Pathfinder is by far the biggest seller of bulls by this phenomenal sire, in Australia. Thickness & power!



ESSLEMONT LOTTO L3P



Top 3% muscle and marbling. Lotto’s progeny have stood out in the Angus benchmark trial, siring a rare combination of growth, with exceptional carcass. Top 1% all indexes. He currently has a number of sons being used as stud sires.



TE MANIA NEWLY N549



Newly has been our main use sire for calving ease and docility, showing exceptional growth and thickness. First sons to sell.



RENNYLEA L519



L519 excels for docility and structure with outstanding carcass



Calving-Ease Sires



General K7, Envision and Komplete have proven that you can have calving ease, with plenty of growth and carcase. We don’t have to put up with low growth to sleep at night during calving!



For Moderate Birth and Maximum Curve Bending Growth



Super sires Pathfinder Genesis, Newly, Beast Mode and Ultimate Carcase Bulls Intensity L519 and Lotto have been included.



PATHFINDER ANGUS SEMEN SALES





Semen and embryos are available throughout the year from our trait leading females by proven carcass and performance sires. See link below to view full catalogue.



PATHFINDER QUEST Q1357



PATHFINDER PREMIUM P41



PATHFINDER MAXIMUS M558



PATHFINDER DISCOVERY Q1241



click here to see the full pathfinder semen catalogue.




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Managing your new sire



Dr David Rendell



To the best of their ability Pathfinder have produced a fit, healthy sire and to get the most of your bull I would make the following suggestions:

When the bull/s arrives at your home, let them settle in by leaving them in the yards overnight and observe how they are reacting to their new home. Give them fresh water and good quality hay. If you have purchased only one bull, find a mate or two for him straight away. The mate should either be a single, similar sized and aged bull, or a few steers none of which are heavier than the bull. If you have bought multiple bulls from a number of different management groups, it is often better to put all those new bulls of a similar weight and age together at once. Introducing new bulls into a mob one at a time can lead to the new bull being given a very hard time indeed by his contemporaries... Your bull is still growing so for the first summer at least will need substantially higher quantity and quality of supplementary feed than do mature age bulls - another reason to run newly purchased sale bulls separately to older bulls.


Bulls are much more susceptible to worms than cows and need around double the drenches particularly in the first year of purchase where they may benefit from up to 3 or 4 drenches. Pathfinder drenched the sale bulls with Bomectin on the 02/07/21, and their next drench is not due until around 5- 6 weeks post the autumn break. In the first year after purchase, they should be drenched every 2- 3 months during winter and spring. In the second and subsequent years after purchase (cows all 3 years plus) a single midsummer drench and one or two winter drenches is all that is needed on most properties.

Pathfinder has vaccinated your bull with 7 in 1, Pestivirus and Vibrio, 3-day Botulism and tick fever. To maintain this protection they will need vaccinating with 7 in 1 & Pestivirus annually, with Vibrio just prior to joining. In the seven weeks prior to joining and during joining inspect your bulls 3 x per week. It is very important to get prompt, meticulous treatment of any infection such as foot abscess, as ANY delay in treatment at this point can have serious effect on semen quality.

During joining, you must remove the bull from the cows and treat at the very first sign of lameness or penis injury (e.g. sheath swelling, discharge or penis hanging out). You need to inspect the full length of the sheath as burst blood vessels can occur just in front of the scrotum. With any delay in removal and treatment , the chance of recovery plummets. Swap bulls mid-joining especially if singularly mated. Record dates of swap and mob details etc. If observing a bull mounting, but not serving, you’ll need to remove him from the cows for about four hours. Observe closely when the bull has been returned to cows. If the bull is sound and the cow is still on heat he will serve straight away. Inspect bulls three times weekly during joining.

For further advice please do not hesitate to call Nick as he knows your bull well.





Pathfinder Angus



2126 MACARTHUR-PENSHURT RD,
GAZETTE, VIC, 3289