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Inbreeding effects on reproductive traits in Iranian Guilan sheep

Tropical Animal Health and Production volume 47, pages 533–539 (2015)Cite this article

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The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effects of inbreeding on reproductive traits in Guilan sheep. Traits included were litter size at birth (LSB), litter size at weaning (LSW), litter mean weight per lamb born (LMWLB), litter mean weight per lamb weaned (LMWLW), total litter weight at birth (TLWB), and total litter weight at weaning (TLWW). Data and pedigree information used in this study were collected during 1994 to 2011 by the Agriculture Organization of Guilan Province in the north of Iran. Data were comprised of 14,534 records of lambs from 136 sires and 2021 dams. All the animals were grouped into three classes according to the inbreeding coefficients (F) obtained by their pedigree: the first class included non-inbred animals (F = 0 %), and the second and third classes included inbred animals (0 < F ≤ 5 % and F > 5 %, respectively). The regression coefficients of LSB, LSW, LMWLB, LMWLW, TLWB, and TLWW on lamb inbreeding for a change of 1 % in inbreeding were estimated to be 0.035 ± 0.0038 (P < 0.001), −0.029 ± 0.0077 (P < 0.05), −0.333 ± 0.009 (P < 0.001), −2.21 ± 0.071 (P < 0.001), −0.254 ± 0.013 (P < 0.001), and −1.95 ± 0.093 (P < 0.001), respectively. Effect of inbreeding on reproductive traits in Guilan sheep was very pronounced in the flock. The utilization of a program for planned mating system, in the present flock, suggested keeping the level of inbreeding under control and avoiding appearance of its detrimental effects.

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    Bahareh Eteqadi, Navid Ghavi Hossein-Zadeh & Abdol Ahad Shadparvar

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Eteqadi, B., Ghavi Hossein-Zadeh, N. & Shadparvar, A.A. Inbreeding effects on reproductive traits in Iranian Guilan sheep. Trop Anim Health Prod 47, 533–539 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-015-0758-y

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Keywords

  • Fat-tailed sheep
  • Reproductive traits
  • Inbreeding depression
  • Mating system