Re: RC: breeder ethics

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Great, Heidi
Keep that info coming because I've been out of touch with that whole DNA
research into markers for the last few years. You might want to call
Texas A&M as they were at the forefront of the research about markers
and trying to separate the breeds. This could be a REALLY important
issue for breeders of race horses and actually revive the racing program
in the US. I hear that the last race auction "crashed and burned" and
one breeder friend attributed it largely to the "French" issue. 
Bette

CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 2/3/00 10:26:53 PM Pacific Standard Time, woa@stormnet.com
> writes:
> 
> <<  there
>  was a very heated debate about DNA testing, and no it had nothing to do
>  with establishing criteria for parentage---blood typing handles that
>  very nicely. A group at Texas A&M was developing criteria to distinguish
>  purebred Arabians from essentially Angloarabs >>
> 
> Just getting info from folks on the front line of equine genetic
> research--and from what I understand, so far there aren't any genetic markers
> that would differentiate Arabs from TB's.  And actually, there IS still room
> for error with blood typing--much more so than with DNA.  The Arabs just got
> into parentage verification before the technology was available to do it with
> DNA, so we are now working with less than the most modern technology.  Blood
> typing is pretty good, but don't be surprised if we switch to DNA testing (as
> other breeds are now doing) at some point down the road.
> 
> Heidi
> 
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