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Bloodstock vs Broodstock - What's the difference?

bloodstock | broodstock |

As nouns the difference between bloodstock and broodstock

is that bloodstock is thoroughbred animals in general, but especially horses while broodstock is a group of sexually mature individuals of a cultured species that is kept separate for breeding purposes.

bloodstock

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Thoroughbred animals in general, but especially horses.
  • (countable) The breeding line of a thoroughbred horse or other animal.

    • broodstock

    English

    (wikipedia broodstock)

    Noun

  • (aquaculture) A group of sexually mature individuals of a cultured species that is kept separate for breeding purposes.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 18, author=Henry Fountain, title=A New Hope for Endangered Fish: Surrogate Breeding, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=So the spermatogonia of an endangered species could be kept preserved and used to produce male and female broodstock to help rebuild populations. }}