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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1626045" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>Again I believe you are correct that the vast majority of registered breeders would not knowingly introduce another breed and then present it as the original cattle, and I think DNA technology now would prevent that. I do how ever believe that the introduction of other breeds into most mainstream breeds on some level did occur. I just don't buy the argument that some breeds went from 1000 lbs cows to 1800+ in a short time on a large scale by using outliers. The introduction of continental cattle changed the industry at that time, and then in years after that a rush to change back to a more moderate sized animal and also a more solid colored animal, I believe that outside influences occurred at both points. Does it matter? To some yes to others no. I really don't look at it as the people were doing a sinister thing they were trying to adapt and be competitive to the changes taking place. Was it completely ethical if that was the case, no but there again the perceived need to quickly produce a product result that would have more marketing appeal is pretty tempting. I can't say definitely that those thing happened but logically looking at it that is the most plausible scenario that I can see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1626045, member: 24816"] Again I believe you are correct that the vast majority of registered breeders would not knowingly introduce another breed and then present it as the original cattle, and I think DNA technology now would prevent that. I do how ever believe that the introduction of other breeds into most mainstream breeds on some level did occur. I just don’t buy the argument that some breeds went from 1000 lbs cows to 1800+ in a short time on a large scale by using outliers. The introduction of continental cattle changed the industry at that time, and then in years after that a rush to change back to a more moderate sized animal and also a more solid colored animal, I believe that outside influences occurred at both points. Does it matter? To some yes to others no. I really don’t look at it as the people were doing a sinister thing they were trying to adapt and be competitive to the changes taking place. Was it completely ethical if that was the case, no but there again the perceived need to quickly produce a product result that would have more marketing appeal is pretty tempting. I can’t say definitely that those thing happened but logically looking at it that is the most plausible scenario that I can see. [/QUOTE]
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