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<blockquote data-quote="burroughs85" data-source="post: 1727954" data-attributes="member: 42429"><p>Here is what my dictionary says of the term GET:</p><p></p><p><strong>an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:</strong> <em>the get of a stallion.</em></p><p></p><p>Often in livestock breeding, one male impregnates many females. It's often a polygamous relationship. This occurs a lot in nature with herd animals as deer and moose. I don't think this practice occurs as much with domestic dogs and cats. One has to question the genetic soundness of breeding practices. </p><p></p><p>GET doesn't really parallel with TRIBE in meaning, however. TRIBE refers to descendants of an entire female line while GET is the sum of the offspring under one male. </p><p></p><p>It would be interesting to see a calf's or foal's family tree. I suppose this would be a pedigree. Do all livestock have pedigrees in writing? Is each and every head of cattle registered? Also, are cattle sometimes "graded" like dogs are? </p><p></p><p>Here is another interesting husbandry term:</p><p></p><p>GRADE = an animal resulting from a cross between a parent of <strong>ordinary stock </strong>and one of a<strong> pure breed</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="burroughs85, post: 1727954, member: 42429"] Here is what my dictionary says of the term GET: [B]an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:[/B] [I]the get of a stallion.[/I] Often in livestock breeding, one male impregnates many females. It's often a polygamous relationship. This occurs a lot in nature with herd animals as deer and moose. I don't think this practice occurs as much with domestic dogs and cats. One has to question the genetic soundness of breeding practices. GET doesn't really parallel with TRIBE in meaning, however. TRIBE refers to descendants of an entire female line while GET is the sum of the offspring under one male. It would be interesting to see a calf's or foal's family tree. I suppose this would be a pedigree. Do all livestock have pedigrees in writing? Is each and every head of cattle registered? Also, are cattle sometimes "graded" like dogs are? Here is another interesting husbandry term: GRADE = an animal resulting from a cross between a parent of [B]ordinary stock [/B]and one of a[B] pure breed[/B] [/QUOTE]
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