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Arthrogryposis Multiplex (AM) ??-?
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<blockquote data-quote="bigag03" data-source="post: 665895" data-attributes="member: 9247"><p>It only propagates the problem if you are not intelligent enough to breed around it. Selection based solely on genetic tests for AM or any other disease is single trait selection. Single trait selection will do more harm to your herd and ultimately the breed than these diseases ever could have.</p><p></p><p>Our job as breeders is to use all available tools to make slection decisions that will improve our herd. Eliminating top donor prospects because they are carriers of one bad allele is not the way to improve your herd. Don't get me wrong, it is definitely a factor to be considered, but it should NOT be an automatic culling basis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigag03, post: 665895, member: 9247"] It only propagates the problem if you are not intelligent enough to breed around it. Selection based solely on genetic tests for AM or any other disease is single trait selection. Single trait selection will do more harm to your herd and ultimately the breed than these diseases ever could have. Our job as breeders is to use all available tools to make slection decisions that will improve our herd. Eliminating top donor prospects because they are carriers of one bad allele is not the way to improve your herd. Don't get me wrong, it is definitely a factor to be considered, but it should NOT be an automatic culling basis. [/QUOTE]
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