KaraKum Stud Blog | Paris-Texas

Monday 24th, October 2005

Paris-Texas 10/24/2005 04:20 PM

The French company Cryozootech, www.cryozootech.com, has managed to clone one of the world's best show jumping stallions. Quidam de Revel has been cloned, the name of the clone is Paris-Texas. It will be very interesting to see if Paris-Texas will ever get permission to compete.
So far cloning is quite an expensive way of producing horses, approximately 450 000USD for a clone of your favourite.
As a breeder though, I admit I feel a little bit threatened by the emerging biotechnologies eventhough it will be very interesting to follow the development of Paris-Texas, as the environment cannot be cloned.
Again, as others have mentioned I think it is very important for the mother studbook to publish their policies and guidelines for artificial reproductional techniques.

Comments :

1. Leonid10/25/2005 00:39:11
Homepage: http://www.shael-teke.ru

It is perfect for schlachtrindproduktion and it is finish for noble breeding.

2. Severine10/25/2005 13:07:59

fortunately, it won't concern traditionnal breeders till they are enough people who can spend 450 000 USD in a horse !!!
but I agree, it is quite scary !!!

3. Leonid10/25/2005 15:05:05
Homepage: http://www.shael-teke.ru

It is expencive today, but tomorrow will be cheaply, cheaper then naturale.

4. Severine10/31/2005 03:17:48

No, I don't think so : it is a complex technic, which requires a lot of hi-tech equipement.
Even if one day this technic will be optimised, they will have to pay the refund and the financial damping of the machines, and the salaries of very specialized scientists. I am convinced that it will remain a very expensive technic.
And to have a champion, there must be two points : genetic, which improves the morphological caracteristics, and the caracter, which depends of the "story" of the horse, and influences the mental.
A champion combines this two points, but these kinds of method can only act on genetic.

5. Leonid10/31/2005 04:39:21
Homepage: http://www.shael-teke.ru

1. Every new tecnology is expensive till she is new, like machines too and salaries (at the beginning of very specialized scientists, after of simple laboratory assistants).
2. Champion consist from one point - genetic, wich is lucky combination of his parents. And runs genetic - 90% and other 10% - meals, trenning, jockey and so on with other things being equal.

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