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1Department of Large Animal Surgery and Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Alabama, USA.
Abstract:
The new bull-breeding soundness forms were used to evaluate 1276 bulls; 62.85% of these bulls were deemed satisfactory. Unsatisfactory and deferred percentages were 28.92% and 8.23% respectively. Reasons for the various classifications were evaluated, and age and breed comparisons were made.

