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Carla wrote:

> I am very happy that the Jockey Club (TB registry) and the AQHA both
> prohibit registering clones. 
The Jockey Club will also not register horses that are conceived by AI.
Only live covers are allowed under Jockey club rules.

> Cloned animals have serious health flaws (not just the obvious ethical
> flaws!), and I doubt that the cloned horses will perform as well as
their
> "source."  And of course, don't forget environment and training...

Considering that a cloned animal is genetically identical to its
ancestor, it will have exactly the same "flaws" as that ancestor.

That being the case, it makes it a whole heap more reliable as a
predictor of genetic traits than breeding!!

Tracey



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