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Evaluation of genetic variation in the international Brown Swiss population.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 Jul 2013
Worede G M, Forabosco F, Zumbach B, Palucci V, Jorjani H
Abstract excerpt
The international Brown Swiss cattle population pedigree was studied to measure genetic variations and to identify the most influential animals. Twenty-two countries provided pedigree information on 71 497 Brown Swiss bulls used for artificial insemination (AI). The total number of animals with the pedigree is 181 094. The mean inbreeding coefficient for the pedigree population was 0.77%. There was, in most...
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