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Annual Beltie Magazines
The Belted Galloway Society has produced full-color, 36- to 44-page magazines annually since 2004. An extracts from one of the publications is accessible below. Obtain copies of the most recent printed edition by sending a request with your snail mail address to the Executive Director at Email: executivedirector@beltie.org.
Genetic Conservation
During the 2001 Foot & Mouth Disease scare the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, in conjunction with the Belted Galloway Society, added a Belted Galloway genetic pool to the gene bank started in 1986 to insure continuation of our genetics in case of disaster. The parameters of the conservation project are:
(1) 10 unrelated bull lines which are 5 or more generations pure. "Unrelated" is defined as having no grandparents in common.
(2) Contributions of 50 ampules of semen per bull to ALBC are sought, as well as individual embryos.
(3) Donations of Belted Galloway embryos are sought.
(4) Donors will receive charitable contribution letters for tax purposes.
(5) Genetic material will be held for long-term emergency use with donors having first use of the pool.
Steven Silberberg (NH) coordinated efforts toward conservation of Belted Galloway genetics. Straws pledged to the bank are held in several locations at breeders' services such as North American and Genex. Any Beltie breeder interested in supporting ALBC's conservation efforts may contact Steven at (603) 472-2205 or hhf18@aol.com
