Am. Soc. Anim. Prod.
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Heizer, E. E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Heizer, E. E.

Ways in which Breed Associations May Foster Constructive Breeding

E. E. Heizer

Ohio State University

Abstract

  1. Organize to preserve the records of the ancestry and promote the interests of livestock believed to possess certain superior charactristics. So-called superior characteristics usually did not possess a utility value.
  2. Testing—originally begun as competition between breeders and breeds. Advanced registry organized to provide for supervision and official recognition of the records of cattle in the various breeds. Records were usually those of selected individuals (average about 2%), and in many cases they were made under extreme environmental conditions.
  3. The rise of registered livestock, based on (a) actual superiority; (b) advocated by colleges and experiment stations; (c) exploitation by breed associations. Scarcity led to high prices, practically no culling, and a great demand for registered cattle, whether they were possessed of actual merit or not.
  4. Results:






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1936 by the American Society of Animal Science.