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Post: Feather Mutilation Genetically Inherited

Posted by Rocko's Mom on 3/07/06

In 1995 when I purchased my Moluccan my breeder talked
about selective breeding and how he selected against
aggression and feather mutilation. I cannot believe it took
12 years for that to be scientifically verified.

----"This is exciting because with the strong heritability
of feather picking that we found, it might be possible to
breed parrots that don't have the propensity to develop
this behavior."-----

After reading this article, I am so glad my breeder was
knowledgeable enough to think outside the box and go
against the norm.

http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html4ever/2005/051221.Garner.parrots.html

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Feather Mutilation Genetically Inherited, 3/07/06, by Rocko's Mom.

Re: Feather Mutilation Genetically Inherited, 3/07/06, by paul.