Customer Reviews

Equine Genetics & Selection Procedures

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This book is a breeder's "bible" , and is one I would recommend for everyone, regardless of the size of the reader's breeding operation. The book gives readable and understandable information on the consequences of breeding individual animals for specific color and conformation traits. It provides valuable information on the dominance of specific traits and the likelihood of those traits being inherited by offspring.

While this book was the "breeder's Bible" when it was first published 25 years ago, the fact is that genetics, especially equine genetics, has progressed by leaps and bounds since then. Many things we thought to be true then are no longer so. I think this is a great book to have in your library; some things about it are timeless. However, if you're looking to answer specific genetic questions (For example, "How do I get an Overo?"), then you may end up with wrong information. Anyone using it to answer these questions would do well to double-check it with another, more recent textbook, such as "The Genetics of the Horse."

I don't share the opninion of some of the other reviews out there for this book. While ALL informational books become somewhat "dated" after a couple of decades, that doesn't mean they are "worthless" - as a matter of fact, as new information comes out, some of the old, very good, information gets LEFT OUT of the "new" books. This is a good basic primer for equine genetics. Just because some items have changed over time doesn't mean that the basic info isn't good. It's handy to have around to look up something on the "quick".

This book is way out of date and contains misinformation. It is worse than useless.

I bought it here a few months ago and regret it.

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