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Old 09-15-2007, 06:24 PM   #15
crotalusadamanteus
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Originally Posted by Clay Davenport
However, if that is a concern then it has much wider ramifications. Say you breed a pair of normals this year but get no offspring, then next year you breed that female to a snow. If what you are saying is a concern, then even if that snow was the only male bred with her next year you are not going to be able to guarantee the offspring are all 100% DH snow for the same reasons you couldn't guarantee these are. It's the same situation really.
Exactly. It's speculation really, my theory above. There was a discussion a while back on this subject. I know I can direct you to one fairly well known individual that has experienced sperm retention. I believe, (been a while) it was like 20 months ?? with out a males presence, she ovulated, and had a nice healthy litter.

Anyway, I was just throwing in a twist.