Inbreeding Depression and Purging in Fertility and Longevity Traits in Sheep Breeds from Germany

In the present study, we analysed fertility and longevity traits of 22 sheep breeds from Germany with a suitable quantity of data in the national database OviCap. The data comprised merino, meat, country and milk sheep breeds with 62,198 ewes and about 173,000 lambing records, until the fifth lambin...

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Main Authors: Cathrin Justinski, Jens Wilkens, Ottmar Distl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/22/3214
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