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<blockquote data-quote="DOC HARRIS" data-source="post: 177699" data-attributes="member: 1683"><p>Bez! I am humbled by your faith in my abilities! There are many reasons (excuses?) why I would decline to subject myself to the vicissitudes and the chain of circumstances concommitant with the establishment of an EPD program for any breed! Some of those reasons are the incredible time involved in such an effort, lack of experience with the particular characteristics of the breed itself, the very large amount of expense which would be necessary, and the dedicated <strong>desire</strong> which would be mandatory for such a formidable endeavor to be successful. </p><p></p><p>In a very weak moment - 35 years ago - I was convinced to accept the responsibility of designing and writing, from 'scratch' a complete Registration and Record Keeping Program for the International Chinchilla (Fur) Industry. I did so with one Caveat: I would do it ALONE - with no interference from anyone and no time restrictions! It had been attempted several times before with disastrous consequences and I was going to have none of those problems to confuse the issue! I did it - (without computers!), it took almost a year to complete and it is still functioning today with several modifications in the interim. One of the more difficult aspects of it is the fact that the extremely white fur color and shading of the underbelly of the live animal is dictated by a combination of multiple genes and loci, just for the white fur ONLY - not for any other traits! And, of course, the human element of the Ranchers themselves was a contributing factor of difficulty! </p><p></p><p>This particular "Longhorn Cattle" undertaking would be formidable enough as to qualify for a doctoral thesis!</p><p></p><p>The plan would necessitate the establishment of a Longhorn Herd Improvement Records program building a Longhorn Breed database and incorporating EPD's for specific traits peculiar to the Longhorn Breed itself. I would think that this should be a challenge and a confrontation for a University Agricultural Business program - perhaps Texas A & M would pick up the "Thrown Gauntlet" and run with the hypothesis. How about it Aggies?? :shock: Are you 'GAME?' <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> 8) ;-) ;-) </p><p></p><p>DOC HARRIS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DOC HARRIS, post: 177699, member: 1683"] Bez! I am humbled by your faith in my abilities! There are many reasons (excuses?) why I would decline to subject myself to the vicissitudes and the chain of circumstances concommitant with the establishment of an EPD program for any breed! Some of those reasons are the incredible time involved in such an effort, lack of experience with the particular characteristics of the breed itself, the very large amount of expense which would be necessary, and the dedicated [b]desire[/b] which would be mandatory for such a formidable endeavor to be successful. In a very weak moment - 35 years ago - I was convinced to accept the responsibility of designing and writing, from 'scratch' a complete Registration and Record Keeping Program for the International Chinchilla (Fur) Industry. I did so with one Caveat: I would do it ALONE - with no interference from anyone and no time restrictions! It had been attempted several times before with disastrous consequences and I was going to have none of those problems to confuse the issue! I did it - (without computers!), it took almost a year to complete and it is still functioning today with several modifications in the interim. One of the more difficult aspects of it is the fact that the extremely white fur color and shading of the underbelly of the live animal is dictated by a combination of multiple genes and loci, just for the white fur ONLY - not for any other traits! And, of course, the human element of the Ranchers themselves was a contributing factor of difficulty! This particular "Longhorn Cattle" undertaking would be formidable enough as to qualify for a doctoral thesis! The plan would necessitate the establishment of a Longhorn Herd Improvement Records program building a Longhorn Breed database and incorporating EPD's for specific traits peculiar to the Longhorn Breed itself. I would think that this should be a challenge and a confrontation for a University Agricultural Business program - perhaps Texas A & M would pick up the "Thrown Gauntlet" and run with the hypothesis. How about it Aggies?? :shock: Are you 'GAME?' :o 8) ;-) ;-) DOC HARRIS [/QUOTE]
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