The actual level of inbreeding and the effect of inbreeding depression on yearling body weight and fleece traits in the South African Dohne Merino population were investigated. All available pedigree data, which comprised of 266 268 records (302 169 animals…
Inbreeding levels and their possible influence on growth traits of the South African Brahman cattle were investigated. Data utilized in this study consisted of 180264 pedigree (1955 – 2002), 41509 birth weight (BWT), 37705 200-days weaning weight (200d), 22682 400-days…
The effect of inbreeding on the 305-d yields of milk, fat and protein, and the percentages of fat and protein in the first three lactations was estimated using records on the South African Jersey cows that participated in the National…
Data of the Elsenburg Dormer sheep stud which was kept closed since its inception, were collected over a period of 50 years (1941-1990). These data were analysed to monitor the increase in actual level of inbreeding and to investigate the…
