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<blockquote data-quote="robert" data-source="post: 880712" data-attributes="member: 9171"><p>linebreeding or inbreeding is a tool primarily for breeders of parentstock (usually registered) in order to concentrate desirable traits (fix them) and expose undesirable traits (lethal recessives such as AM or dwarfism for example) so that when these parent animals are used by commercial breeders a)they pass on the desirable traits with greater consistency than an outcross and b) the defects do not get passed on to the commercial sector because the conscientious registered breeder has eliminated them from the herd (you can add a 'yeah, right!' to that last statement if you wish ;-) :roll: ) There is no good economic reason for a commercial herd to linebreed, you are giving up hybrid vigor in doing so, UNLESS you feel the registered parentstock you have been using is failing to deliver the required consistency in your herd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robert, post: 880712, member: 9171"] linebreeding or inbreeding is a tool primarily for breeders of parentstock (usually registered) in order to concentrate desirable traits (fix them) and expose undesirable traits (lethal recessives such as AM or dwarfism for example) so that when these parent animals are used by commercial breeders a)they pass on the desirable traits with greater consistency than an outcross and b) the defects do not get passed on to the commercial sector because the conscientious registered breeder has eliminated them from the herd (you can add a 'yeah, right!' to that last statement if you wish ;-) :roll: ) There is no good economic reason for a commercial herd to linebreed, you are giving up hybrid vigor in doing so, UNLESS you feel the registered parentstock you have been using is failing to deliver the required consistency in your herd. [/QUOTE]
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