Shipping Samples

If you would like to send samples for breeds needed just follow the directions below...

Semen Samples:
Semen does not have to be frozen but does need to be shipped overnight. Let me know in advance and I will make arrangements to receive your shipment.

You can put the straws in a padded envelope, usually taped to a small piece of cardboard and ship them to us. That's all there is to it.

Hair Samples:
Hair samples can be pulled from the switch at the end of the tail. Try to get as close to the end as possible as this is where the largest follicles usually are.
The hair has to be pulled and not cut because the root holds the DNA that we need. Usually 200 hairs is enough and that translates to about 3 or 4 good pulls. No need to count these.
Once you have the samples separate each animal into ziplock bags with the animals identification either on the bag or inside it. Please make sure I can match these up to the pedigree
information.

Try to send this to us if possible.

Try not to sent this.

Pedigree information:
The pedigree information is almost as important as the samples. I need this info to allow comparison of the different animals and also to reorder any that have interesting genomes. If the pedigrees are online just send me the links with the info I need in order to get to them.

Now that you have it all together email or call to let us know it is on the way. I will make arrangements to have someone available to receive it. You can send the samples to...

Goode Cattle Company
803 CR 772
Damon, Texas 77430