The ALBC's Conservation Handbook is an excellent resource. In cooperation with ALBC, I rewrote the chapter on linebreeding and inbreeding specifically for Blackbelly breeders and simplified some of the complicated genetics language. The article was printed a couple years ago in Sheep! Magazine.
You can download the article at http://www.critterhaven.biz/info/articles/1_ram.htm Carol At 03:47 PM 5/22/2006 -0700, you wrote: >It referred to the ALBC's >Conservation Breeding book as being an excellent resource for people who >are considering various breeding systems. Line breeding and in-breeding >are apparently well covered, so I have ordered the book. www.albc.org Carol Elkins Critterhaven--Registered Barbados Blackbelly Hair Sheep (no shear, no dock, no fuss) Pueblo, Colorado http://www.critterhaven.biz T-shirts, mugs, caps, and more at the Barbados Blackbelly Online Store http://www.cafepress.com/blackbellysheep _______________________________________________ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
