Linebreeding at an Elite Level: ‘If You Have Something Really Good, Intensify That.’

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What follows is a special story: About a special breeder: One who is not concerned in the least with the aspect of “inbreeding”. Armed with a tremendous treasure of pedigree knowledge, he makes deliberate matings like the well-known elite breeders from the distant past. At the time, they did not have the advanced index tools like breeding has these days. But… with careful study of the achievements of individual animals, thanks to linebreeding – read: consolidation of genes – they were able to reach their goals. The breeder in this interview does have access to those modern tools. But: he also makes intensive use of a strategy used by breeders back then: Consolidating the genes of individual animals - that leads to remarkable linebreeding. But also to remarkable results: At an elite level. Get acquainted with a special breeder from the American state of Pennsylvania: Casey Jones.

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