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Pedigree analysis of a highly fragmented population, the Lidia cattle breed

Cortés, O., Sevane Fernandez, Natalia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4766-6291, Baro, J. A. and Cañón, J. 2014. Pedigree analysis of a highly fragmented population, the Lidia cattle breed. Livestock Science 167 , pp. 1-8. 10.1016/j.livsci.2014.05.011

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Abstract

The aim of the study was to analyze the pedigree information of the Lidia bovine breed based on animals registered in the Herdbook and belonging to those lineages recognized as conforming to the official breed standard. Pedigree records of 272,574 animals belonging to 83 herds classified in 30 lineages were used. The average number of equivalent generations known was 4.5 (varying among lineages from 4 in Braganza to 5.2 in Baltasar Iban). The generation interval (7.5 years) was longer than that estimated in other cattle breeds. The effective size was less than 50 and consequently the estimated increase in inbreeding per generation was greater than 1% in all the lineages analyzed. The increase in inbreeding level expected for the next 50 years varied from 7.4% in Braganza to 31.3% in Diego Garrido. The ratios among the effective number of founders, the effective number of ancestors and the effective number of founder genomes was considered evidence that genetic drift explained most of the loss of genetic variability in the Lidia bovine breed due to the reduced effective population sizes of the lineages, more than bottlenecks did, as they have been less dramatic. The lineage allele loss due to the genetic drift and the effect of inbreeding are the major concerns in managing the genetic diversity of the Lidia bovine breed. The analysis of pedigree information still remains as the main useful resource to establish genetic diversity conservation guidelines in the Lidia bovine breed. Minimizing inbreeding increase within lineages in the sub-divided Lidia breed must be the major concern in managing the genetic diversity of this breed.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Biosciences
Subjects: S Agriculture > SF Animal culture
Uncontrolled Keywords: Lidia; Lineages; Pedigree analysis; Inbreeding; Genetic diversity
Additional Information: Available online 23 May 2014
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 1871-1413
Date of Acceptance: 2 May 2014
Last Modified: 28 Oct 2022 09:41
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/75353

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