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<blockquote data-quote="NZDan" data-source="post: 8121966" data-attributes="member: 1037"><p>One of the biggest issues I've seen in rare breeds is the constant shifting of rams "to bring in new blood", all it really does is spread those recessive genes through the whole population, often flocks will use poorer type animal just because he's not related to their own flock, they'd be much better off using a better but closely related animal. A collection of small closely bred flocks that are relatively unrelated to each other is much better for a breed than a collection of flocks that are constantly swapping rams.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NZDan, post: 8121966, member: 1037"] One of the biggest issues I've seen in rare breeds is the constant shifting of rams "to bring in new blood", all it really does is spread those recessive genes through the whole population, often flocks will use poorer type animal just because he's not related to their own flock, they'd be much better off using a better but closely related animal. A collection of small closely bred flocks that are relatively unrelated to each other is much better for a breed than a collection of flocks that are constantly swapping rams. [/QUOTE]
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