Editing Purebred (section)

===Livestock===
{{See also|List of cattle breeds|List of water buffalo breeds|List of donkey breeds|List of guinea pig breeds|List of duck breeds|List of pig breeds|List of chicken breeds|List of sheep breeds|List of rabbit breeds|List of pigeon breeds|Page 4=List of goat breeds}} 

Most domesticated [[farm]] animals among others can also have true-breeding breeds and [[breed registry|breed registries]], particularly [[cattle]], [[water buffalo]]es, [[sheep]], [[goat]]s, [[donkey]]s, [[guinea pig]]s, [[chicken]]s, [[fancy pigeon]]s, [[domestic duck]]s, [[rabbit]]s, and [[pig]]s. While animals bred strictly for market sale are not always purebreds, or if purebred may not be registered, most livestock producers value the presence of purebred genetic stock for the consistency of traits such animals provide. It is common for a farm's male breeding stock in particular to be of purebred, pedigreed lines.

In cattle, some breeders associations make a difference between "purebred" and "full blood". Full blood cattle are fully pedigreed animals, where every ancestor is registered in the herdbook and shows the typical characteristics of the breed. Purebred are those animals that have been bred-up to purebred status as a result of using full blood animals to cross with an animal of another breed.

Artificial breeding via [[artificial insemination]] or [[embryo transfer]] is often used in sheep and cattle breeding to quickly expand, or improve purebred herds. Embryo transfer techniques allow top quality female [[livestock]] to have a greater influence on the genetic advancement of a herd or flock in much the same way that artificial insemination has allowed greater use of superior sires.<ref>{{cite report |last1=Selk |first1=Glenn |date=2002 |title=Embryo transfer in cattle |hdl=11244/49938 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>