The term “pure suri” is misunderstood. There are a number of ways to define a pure
suri. The Suri Network breed standards as adopted, define a pure suri as the phenotypic
product of mating a suri male with a suri female. The zoological definition of a pure
breed is:
A population of a species that have
distinct characteristics that differentiate them from other populations in that species.
Individuals within that population that reproduce with another individual of the population
will produce offspring that are recognizable as members of that population.Animal
breeding books allow that a breed can be defined by a breed association and does not
necessarily need be “pure”. There is no doubt that a suri can be born of a huacaya
parent and that a huacaya can be born of two suri parents. Suri breeders may be better
served to use science, not subjective definitions, to accomplish their goal of breeding
pure suri. I created the
Suri
Selection Tool because I don’t think a Suri breeder should have to
get on their horse and go looking for a homozygous or “pure suri” male.
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