Inbreeding effect on reproductive traits in a herd of Mangalarga Marchador Brazilian horses Efeito da endogamia sobre características reprodutivas em um rebanho da raça Mangalarga Marchador
This work aimed to evaluate the effect of inbreeding on the reproductive characteristics such as age at first foaling, gestation length, foaling interval in a “Mangalarga Marchador” herd in the North of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The relationship matrix involved 2186 animals from the general regist...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal da Bahia
2011-09-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Saúde e Produção Animal |
Online Access: | http://revistas.ufba.br/index.php/rbspa/article/view/2112 |