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<blockquote data-quote="Ryan" data-source="post: 299218" data-attributes="member: 615"><p>Personally, I have no problem with anyone selling a clone of anything. Whatever they feel is right, is up to them. However, I have no interest in cloning anything or owning a clone, at this moment. I do however feel that if an animal is cloned it should be only the best animal(s) available. I do agree that the individuals cloning in the Longhorn industry strively solely for horns ( <a href="http://www.maranch.com/Clones/Clones.htm" target="_blank">http://www.maranch.com/Clones/Clones.htm</a> ). Although, I think the theory is the same when cloning any breed, Angus - Hereford - Longhorn - Whatevever: maximize the genetic availability of a certain animal. There are many subsets of that theory: too old to produce, ET not feasible for some reason, etc. I dont mind them doing it, not my herd or my place to tell someone else how to run their operation. I do have problems with cloning on two fronts: 1) exhibition and 2) animal selection. 1) I strongly feel that cloned animals should not be allowed to compete against non-clone animals. Among other things, I feel you lose much of the competitiveness when clones compete with other animals. 2) Animal selection to me should be the number one most important thing in any operation, whether its a commercial operation, purebred, show stock, seed stock, a.i., et, or cloning or anything else. I feel that the animals selected to be cloned should be held to only the absolute highest standards by the breeder and breed. Single-trait selection has never been a good idea, and now in the Longhorn industry there are a lot of breeders honed in so closely on one trait (horns, obviously) that some of them are actually beginning to mass-clone to perpetuate one single trait.</p><p></p><p>It baffles me. I've been trying for years to gain some/any understanding of breeding for only horns, or horns and color, or horns and color and then conformation. But I just can't figure it out. I went to the horn showcase and looked around at the animals there, some 500+ entries. Not a single bull there would I use <strong>if given to me</strong> and <em>maybe </em>a handful of females I would have accepted into my herd.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong I like big/bigger horns. But not at the expense of conformation, correctness, reproductive ability, or anything that actually has some influence the quality, performance, or reproductivity of an animal.</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the rant... actually, I'm not sorry, thats just how I personally feel. Needless to say, I'm a little passionate about the Longhorn breed.</p><p></p><p>Ryan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ryan, post: 299218, member: 615"] Personally, I have no problem with anyone selling a clone of anything. Whatever they feel is right, is up to them. However, I have no interest in cloning anything or owning a clone, at this moment. I do however feel that if an animal is cloned it should be only the best animal(s) available. I do agree that the individuals cloning in the Longhorn industry strively solely for horns ( [url=http://www.maranch.com/Clones/Clones.htm]http://www.maranch.com/Clones/Clones.htm[/url] ). Although, I think the theory is the same when cloning any breed, Angus - Hereford - Longhorn - Whatevever: maximize the genetic availability of a certain animal. There are many subsets of that theory: too old to produce, ET not feasible for some reason, etc. I dont mind them doing it, not my herd or my place to tell someone else how to run their operation. I do have problems with cloning on two fronts: 1) exhibition and 2) animal selection. 1) I strongly feel that cloned animals should not be allowed to compete against non-clone animals. Among other things, I feel you lose much of the competitiveness when clones compete with other animals. 2) Animal selection to me should be the number one most important thing in any operation, whether its a commercial operation, purebred, show stock, seed stock, a.i., et, or cloning or anything else. I feel that the animals selected to be cloned should be held to only the absolute highest standards by the breeder and breed. Single-trait selection has never been a good idea, and now in the Longhorn industry there are a lot of breeders honed in so closely on one trait (horns, obviously) that some of them are actually beginning to mass-clone to perpetuate one single trait. It baffles me. I've been trying for years to gain some/any understanding of breeding for only horns, or horns and color, or horns and color and then conformation. But I just can't figure it out. I went to the horn showcase and looked around at the animals there, some 500+ entries. Not a single bull there would I use [b]if given to me[/b] and [i]maybe [/i]a handful of females I would have accepted into my herd. Don't get me wrong I like big/bigger horns. But not at the expense of conformation, correctness, reproductive ability, or anything that actually has some influence the quality, performance, or reproductivity of an animal. Sorry for the rant... actually, I'm not sorry, thats just how I personally feel. Needless to say, I'm a little passionate about the Longhorn breed. Ryan [/QUOTE]
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