A. Otwinowska-Mindur

Analysis of Ancestral Inbreeding Across Main Founders and Ancestors in the Polish Simmental Cattle Population

Simple Summary Inbreeding—the mating of closely related animals—is a growing problem in many livestock breeds, including Simmental cattle raised in Poland for both meat and milk production. When animals share many common ancestors, their offspring more often inherit identical copies of genes, which can reduce health, f...