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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1848566" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>Well Warren and I are on opposite sides of the CAB discount, so not sure how you figure this discussion of inbreeding figures in to that conversation.</p><p></p><p>The gene pool is less diverse in cattle now than at any time in recorded history. That's a fact. If you want to believe otherwise it is because you want to believe something else instead of recognizing how and why... and what it means. But you are correct, people have been doing things for years that have led to genetic weaknesses and the majority have gotten away with it as they spread their bad results into the general population. That's a common attitude today, that as long as it doesn't harm me it doesn't matter what it does to others. The ripples spread but we'll all be fine because we believe in wishful thinking. Don't look at the real world examples because that might mean you learn something uncomfortable.</p><p></p><p>With only the few people we have here on the forum we've seen several anomalies this spring, deformities, dummies, and dead calves. I can't tell you with any authority that any particular dead calf is the result of inbreeding, but I can tell you that in the 56 years I've owned cattle I've never had a deformed calf, dwarf, or dummy calf, and that my education at a good Ag college supports my contentions. What does your Ag school say about inbreeding? Similar to what was posted by Brute, which when read stated that inbreeding is taking chances and even the best programs have failures?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1848566, member: 42463"] Well Warren and I are on opposite sides of the CAB discount, so not sure how you figure this discussion of inbreeding figures in to that conversation. The gene pool is less diverse in cattle now than at any time in recorded history. That's a fact. If you want to believe otherwise it is because you want to believe something else instead of recognizing how and why... and what it means. But you are correct, people have been doing things for years that have led to genetic weaknesses and the majority have gotten away with it as they spread their bad results into the general population. That's a common attitude today, that as long as it doesn't harm me it doesn't matter what it does to others. The ripples spread but we'll all be fine because we believe in wishful thinking. Don't look at the real world examples because that might mean you learn something uncomfortable. With only the few people we have here on the forum we've seen several anomalies this spring, deformities, dummies, and dead calves. I can't tell you with any authority that any particular dead calf is the result of inbreeding, but I can tell you that in the 56 years I've owned cattle I've never had a deformed calf, dwarf, or dummy calf, and that my education at a good Ag college supports my contentions. What does your Ag school say about inbreeding? Similar to what was posted by Brute, which when read stated that inbreeding is taking chances and even the best programs have failures? [/QUOTE]
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