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J. Anim Sci. 2008. 86:240. doi:10.2527/jas.2007-0360
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LETTER

Letter to the Editor

Tom J. Baas, Odis W. Robison, Mike D. Tokach, Rodney Goodwin, John W. Mabry, Steve Henry, Rodger K. Johnson, L. Kirk Clark and P. Jeffrey Berger

Iowa State University, 109 Kildee Hall, Ames, IA 50011 and North Carolina State University, Box 7621, Raleigh, NC 27695 and Kansas State University, 246 Weber Hall, Manhattan, KS 66502 and Berkshire Meats Inc., 4004 Phoenix St., Ames, IA 50014 and Iowa State University, 109 Kildee Hall, Ames, IA 50011 and Abilene Animal Hospital, 320 NE 14th Street, Abilene, KS 67410 and University of Nebraska, A218 Animal Sciences, Lincoln, NE 68583 and Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 Iowa State University, 239 Kildee Hall, Ames, IA 50011-3150

This letter is in response to the Letter to the Editor by Neil DeBuse published in this issue of the Journal of Animal Science regarding journal paper "Design and standards for genetic evaluation of seedstock populations" (81:2409–2418, 2003). The NPPC Genetic Programs Committee (GPC) and the authors of this journal paper recognize Newsham Hybrids as a reputable genetics company and a credible source of information to the swine industry. As a result, we have no reason to doubt their initial pedigree information and stand by the evaluation of the original Newsham Hybrids entry that was made by the GPC at the time the terminal line program was conducted. If N. DeBuse, a former Newsham Hybrids employee, believes that Newsham Hybrids deceived the National Pork Producers Council (Des Moines, IA) by misrepresenting their entry to the terminal line program, he should take that up with Newsham Hybrids officials. Until we receive official notification from Newsham Hybrids that the information concerning the Newsham Hybrids population provided to the GPC was inaccurate, we have no reason to report anything different.




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