To achieve the highest ASCBA Senepol Breed Standard of Excellence a Senepol shall exhibit:​

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• Correct structural soundness

• Good natural Temperarment:

• Evident fertility through udder quality and scrotal measurements;

• Good eye and skin pigmentation;

• Naturally Polled;

• Very short, ‘slick’ coat type; and

• A solid red colour, ranging from dark red to light ginger.

 

While this describes the highest standard of Excellence, Senepol cattle are able to be graded up from any base breed to Full Blood which ensures continued genetic progress without the heightened risk of unhealthy levels of line breeding.

 

Furthermore, the emphasis on commercial production traits to lift industry profitability, like fertility, feed efficiency and carcass qualities, requires a level of tolerance of phenotypically unacceptable traits.

 

An example is coat colour, a trait that is commercially insignificant once the Senepol infused carcass is on the hooks. Provided below is specific amplification that will allow registration based on pedigree with consideration to: Highly Desirable; Acceptable, Undesirable and Unacceptable traits.

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Animals exhibiting Unacceptable traits are unable to be registered in the ASCBA Senepol Herd Book.