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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Main Authors: Antônia de Maria Ribeiro Filha, Everton de Souza Pereira Silva, Márcia Regina da Costa, Vicente Ribeiro Rocha junior, Maria Dulcineia Costa, Renderson Welington Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal da Bahia 2011-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Saúde e Produção Animal
Online Access:http://revistas.ufba.br/index.php/rbspa/article/view/2112