Cloning Forum DVD
Get your own copy of the live equine cloning forum from the 2009 AQHA Convention.
If you missed the American Quarter Horse Association’s equine cloning forum during the 2009 AQHA Annual Convention, you can get a personal copy of the “AQHA Equine Cloning Forum” DVD and watch the complete discussion.
More than 400 horse enthusiasts attended the forum on March 6 in San Antonio, and many others watched via a live Web cast on AQHA.com.
Don’t lose out on the valuable information provided by experts in the field of cloning or the questions and passionate statements made by members of the American Quarter Horse industry.
Whether you missed it or you just want to watch it again and again, the “AQHA Equine Cloning Forum” DVD gives you the chance to improve your knowledge and upgrade your equestrian library.
This is a vital resource for any horseman or -woman involved with not just American Quarter Horses, but horses in general. The issue of equine cloning is so important that its influence extends to anyone who participates in breeding, buying, selling, showing, riding, training or enjoying horses.
AQHA members pay only $9.95 for the “AQHA Equine Cloning Forum” DVD and non-members pay just $14.95. This reasonably priced DVD keeps you on top of the most current hot button issue in the America Quarter Horse industry today.
Panelists at the AQHA Equine Cloning Forum included Katrin Hinrichs, a veterinarian involved in equine cloning at Texas A&M University; Sharon Spier, an epidemiologist at the University of California-Davis; George Seidel, a professor specializing in biomedical sciences at Colorado State University; and Blake Russell, vice president of ViaGen, a commercial cloning company.
“There was a lot of good information presented during the forum on both sides of the cloning debate,” said Bill Brewer, former AQHA executive vice president.
During the past several years, commercial cloning of many horses, including American Quarter Horses, has been well publicized. However, under Rule 227(a) of the AQHA Official Handbook, a rule that became effective in 2004, American Quarter Horses produced by any cloning process are not eligible for registration.
The AQHA Stud Book and Registration Committee first considered a proposed change to Rule 227(a) at the 2008 AQHA Convention. That proposed change would allow a live foal produced via a particular type of cloning to be registered if its DNA matches that of a registered American Quarter Horse. At that time, the SBRC recommended that any decision regarding the proposed change be postponed pending further study to be undertaken at the direction of the SBRC.
The proposed change to Rule 227(a) was again on the SBRC agenda at the 2009 AQHA Convention March 5-9 in San Antonio. The AQHA Board of Directors voted that action on a member proposal to approve the registration of foals produced by cloning be delayed until the 2010 AQHA Annual Convention.*
Order your copy of the “AQHA Equine Cloning Forum” DVD today. The DVD provides you with balanced information on cloning from respected equine industry researchers and professionals