SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #2736

[Mordonna22@aol.com]

Phlip said: 
> I'm not sure that hybridization would change the growth rate of lambs or
> young animals significantly. When hybridization is done, it's usually for
> improved wool or meat quality, or, in the case of the South American sheep
> which tend to have multiple (4-5 at a time) births, for greater fecundity,
> or for disease resistance. Animals are not quite as versatile as plants are,
> and generally require much longer to make a change in basic development.

It probably isn't just breeding but also diet and also may not apply to
some animals as much as others, but some growth times have recently been
greatly changed. Chickens for instance and perhaps cattle?

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