I hesitate to start a thread on this because it seems to polarize breeders. Maybe we can discuss DNA testing on it's own merits without getting into if it should be required by a registery or not.
Whim brought up some good points from the genetic defects thread: (I condensed some of this as I copied from Whim's post)
" Please don't get offended by what I'm about to say, because I'm not directing this at anybody.
I don't have a problem with DNA'ing goats for whatever reason, but are we gonna be willing to not breed that MCH doe if it is discovered that she has a defect like congenital heart conditions. Are we headed for the day when our registry's refuse to register offspring of goats with known defects.? What worries me I guess is that we humans tend to over react, and start discriminating against others when we think we can reach an object of perfection with anything.
One person comes to mind in a quest like this, and that is Hitler......as he tried to apply similar type principles to the human race.
What happens to those of us who can't afford, or for other reasons, don't want to have our goats DNA'd ?"
What defects would we as breeders like to have tracked? Is it going too far in manipulating nature? Are there traits that would be economically feasable to trace and test for?
Since I don't know of any specific motions before ADGA (maybe all goat assoc.) at this time, let's not get into that but discuss the merits of DNA in the context of individual breeders.
Tim
Whim brought up some good points from the genetic defects thread: (I condensed some of this as I copied from Whim's post)
" Please don't get offended by what I'm about to say, because I'm not directing this at anybody.
I don't have a problem with DNA'ing goats for whatever reason, but are we gonna be willing to not breed that MCH doe if it is discovered that she has a defect like congenital heart conditions. Are we headed for the day when our registry's refuse to register offspring of goats with known defects.? What worries me I guess is that we humans tend to over react, and start discriminating against others when we think we can reach an object of perfection with anything.
One person comes to mind in a quest like this, and that is Hitler......as he tried to apply similar type principles to the human race.
What happens to those of us who can't afford, or for other reasons, don't want to have our goats DNA'd ?"
What defects would we as breeders like to have tracked? Is it going too far in manipulating nature? Are there traits that would be economically feasable to trace and test for?
Since I don't know of any specific motions before ADGA (maybe all goat assoc.) at this time, let's not get into that but discuss the merits of DNA in the context of individual breeders.
Tim