What do you mean by “Outbreeding”. What are the different methods employed for outbreeding?
Outbreeding is the process where the breeding between unrelated male & female animals takes place. It can be done in the following ways: - 1. Out Cross: - the outcross is the process of the mating of animals that are of the same breed but for 4-6 generations of their pedigree, they do not have any common ancestor. for those animals that have a below-average in growth rate of beef cattle, milk production, etc, it is the best method of breeding animals. 2. Cross–Breeding: - the breeding between the superior males of one breed & superior females of another breed is called cross-breeding. by this breeding technique, the desirable qualities of two different breeds can be combined which is then used for commercial production e.g., the formation of hisardale, a new breed of sheep is developed by crossing bikaneri ewes & marino rams. 3. Interspecific Hybridisation: - it is the cross where the breeding occurs in between the male & female animals of two different related species, resulting in the progeny which is a combination of desirable features of both parents e.g., the mule is produced by the cross between donkey & a female horse.
