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<blockquote data-quote="HerefordSire" data-source="post: 381297" data-attributes="member: 4437"><p>This is the federal government web site for maintaining major animal germplasm (just in case):</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.ars-grin.gov/animal/" target="_blank">http://www.ars-grin.gov/animal/</a></p><p></p><p>By drilling down, you can locate stored semen for three groups of Herefords, L1, Prospector, & the rest.</p><p></p><p>By looking at the graph by following this link:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.ars-grin.gov/animal/update7.html" target="_blank">http://www.ars-grin.gov/animal/update7.html</a></p><p></p><p>..one would think the government became alarmed at the gentic diversity of animals including Hereford Cattle. They even mentioned one Hereford animal with 76% inbreeding (see below). Does anyone know which animal this is?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Beef Cattle – Discussions have proceeded with the Beefmaster Breeders Universal concerning the initiation of a germplasm collection for that breed. The association is identifying families and bulls which they would like to have as part of the germplasm collection. The American Hereford Association has allowed NAGP access to its pedigree files to determine the level of inbreeding for that breed. The analysis indicates that approximately 95% of the cattle registered between 1990 and 2001 were inbred. The average inbreeding level in 2001 was 9.8%; <strong>one animal had a 76% inbreeding level.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HerefordSire, post: 381297, member: 4437"] This is the federal government web site for maintaining major animal germplasm (just in case): [url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/animal/]http://www.ars-grin.gov/animal/[/url] By drilling down, you can locate stored semen for three groups of Herefords, L1, Prospector, & the rest. By looking at the graph by following this link: [url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/animal/update7.html]http://www.ars-grin.gov/animal/update7.html[/url] ..one would think the government became alarmed at the gentic diversity of animals including Hereford Cattle. They even mentioned one Hereford animal with 76% inbreeding (see below). Does anyone know which animal this is? Beef Cattle – Discussions have proceeded with the Beefmaster Breeders Universal concerning the initiation of a germplasm collection for that breed. The association is identifying families and bulls which they would like to have as part of the germplasm collection. The American Hereford Association has allowed NAGP access to its pedigree files to determine the level of inbreeding for that breed. The analysis indicates that approximately 95% of the cattle registered between 1990 and 2001 were inbred. The average inbreeding level in 2001 was 9.8%; [b]one animal had a 76% inbreeding level.[/b] [/QUOTE]
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