Inbreeding depression has been widely documented for livestock and other animal and
plant populations. Inbreeding is generally expected to have a stronger unfavorable effect on …

The management of livestock breeds and threatened natural population share common
challenges, including small effective population sizes, high risk of inbreeding, and the …

Community-based breeding programs (CBBPs) for small ruminants have been suggested as
alternatives to centralised, government-controlled breeding schemes which have been …

Old World camels have come into the focus as sustainable livestock species, unique in their
morphological and physiological characteristics and capable of providing vital products …

Monitoring the rate of change in inbreeding and genetic diversity within a population is
important to guide breeding programmes. Such interest stems from the impact of loss in …

Accurate pedigree information is critical to animal breeding systems to ensure the highest
rate of genetic gain and management of inbreeding. The abundance of available genomic …

Simple Summary Sheep breeding is a long-standing tradition throughout Germany. Due to
breeding in marginal and harsh sites, sheep developed into a large number of unique …

Simple Summary Mecheri sheep are a hair-type sheep breed from India, reared for meat,
which play a vital part in the economic well-being of farmers. This study was conducted to …

The aims of this study were the analysis of pedigree information and evaluation of
inbreeding effects on birth weight (BW), average daily gain from birth to weaning (ADG) …

The aim of this study was to describe the population structure of Morada Nova sheep breed
using pedigree analysis to support development strategies for conservation and breeding …