[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: showgsd-l Digest V4 #83
- From: Santanagsd1954@xxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 14:57:14 EST
In a message dated 1/7/2007 9:46:31 AM Pacific Standard Time, Showgsd-
Msg: #1 in digest
From: "Paula Cooke" <psharp212@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Genetic Markers in the Breeding Pool
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:30:36 -0800
Who would decide which animals to cull and for what problems?
If we find genetic markers for cancer, DM, all types of bloat/torsion,
epilepsy, hypothyroidism, dysplasia, etc., and we remove all these animals
AND their siblings from the breeding pool, I wonder what will be left.
I remember when breeders culled all whites in their litters. Funny, but, we
still have whites available, being successfully bred, shown, and trained.
I once asked Barbara if she had known that Man O'War carried a genetic
marker for bloat if she would have neutered him. She said that yes, she
would have. All I could think of was what a loss that would have been to
the GSD of today! I had a Man O'War granddaughter years ago. I would not
give up that memory nor experience nor love for all the tea in China!!
Be careful what you wish for.
Paula, 280 days and counting
PAULA: WHEN ONE OF 'MAN O' WAR'S' SONS DIED OF BLOAT/TORSION I CALLED
EVERYONE WHO HAD HIS PROGENY THAT I COULD TRACK DOWN AND ADVISED THEM TO NOT
CONTINUE TO BREED OR LINEBREED, ON HIS LINES, AS I FELT THAT BLOAT/GASTRIC
TORSION WAS GENETIC... I COULDN'T PROVE IT...I JUST BELIEVED IT... STILL
DO...I
HAVE NEVER REGRETTED IT... BARB WILLIAMS
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