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Evaluation of expected response to selection for orthopedic health and performance traits in Hanoverian Warmblood horses.
American journal of veterinary research - 1 Aug 2005
Stock Kathrin F, Distl Ottmar
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether selection schemes accounting for orthopedic health traits were compatible with breeding progress in performance parameters in Hanoverian Warmblood horses. ANIMALS: 5,928 horses. PROCEDURE: Relative breeding values (RBVs) were predicted for osseous fragments in fetlock (metacarpo- and metatarsophalangeal) and tarsal joints, deforming arthropathy in tarsal joints, and pathologic...
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