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A breed is a Domesticated Subspecies or Infrasubspecies of an Animal . For a type to be recognised as a breed, there should be a viable true-breeding population. The term may also be used as a verb, meaning action intended to produce Offspring . The Breeder makes it his or her trade to engage in Plant Breeding and the maintenance and creation of breeds of animals suitable for Domestication .

A breed has no close analogy for domesticated may change this if it becomes more available.

A breed should also be distinguished from a ''strain'', which is simply the descendants of a single significant individual, and which in domesticated animals is also known as a ''bloodline''. A strain may not remain entirely within a breed, nor is a breed necessarily composed of a single strain.


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