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Genetic inbreeding depression load for fertility traits in Pura Raza Española mares.
Journal of animal science - 1 Dec 2021
Perdomo-González Davinia I, Molina Antonio, Sánchez-Guerrero María J, Bartolomé Ester, Varona Luis, Valera Mercedes
Abstract excerpt
Fertility is a key factor in the economic success of horse farms. However, it has received little attention due to the difficulty of measuring fertility objectively. Since its studbook creation (1912), the Pura Raza Española (PRE) breed has been a closed population and become high in-bred resulting in inbreeding depression (poor phenotypic values). Nevertheless, heterogeneous effects of inbreeding depression have...
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