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Pedigree analysis and inbreeding effects on calving traits in large dairy herds in Germany.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Sept 2011
Hinrichs D, Thaller G
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A pedigree analysis was carried out for a subset of the German Holstein population with respect to the effective number of founders and the ancestors with the highest effect on 2 defined reference populations. Reference population 1 contained animals born between 1998 and 2002 (n=19,537), and reference population 2 included animals born between 2003 and 2007 (n=19,060). The pedigree file included 73,946 animals...
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