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Birth weight, reproduction traits and effects of inbreeding in Nicaraguan Reyna Creole cattle.
Tropical animal health and production - 1 Aug 2011
Corrales Roldan, Näsholm Anna, Malmfors Birgitta, Philipsson Jan
Abstract excerpt
Reyna Creole cattle in Nicaragua comprise about 650 purebred animals, and the breed has been shown to have a high level of inbreeding. To characterize the breed, as basis for a conservation program, information from two herds on birth weight (BW, n = 1097), age at first calving (AFC, n = 449) and calving interval (CI, n = 1,347) was analysed. Overall averages were 27.8 kg for BW, 37.4 months for AFC and 424 days...
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