Inbreeding and pedigree analysis of the European red dairy cattle

Table 1 Characterization of the pedigree information

Breed	Number of animals in the database^e	Number of females in the database^e	Number of males in the database^e	Number of animals born 1960–2018
Red Dairy Cattle (RDC)^a	6,014,920	4,776,217	1,238,703	5,999,780
Meuse-Rhine-Yssel (MRY)^a	2,498,187	2,238,659	259,528	2,496,714
Vorderwälder (VWD)^a	228,051	216,884	11,167	226,744
Holstein (HOL)^b	184,432	160,338	24,144	182,410
Swedish Polled (SKB)^a	40,613	37,424	3184	39,059
Simmental (SIM)^b	17,623	13,104	4519	15,240
Red Holstein (RED)^b	10,807	9259	1548	10,755
Jersey (JER)^b	10,434	8513	1922	10,205
Finncattle (FIC)^a	4455	3703	752	4455
Braun Swiss (BSW)^b	2339	1628	711	2149
Hinterwälder (HWD)^a	1135	756	370	1040
Traditional Angler (RVA)^a	1079	990	89	1053
Rotes Hohenvieh (RHV)^a	756	553	203	749
Other breeds^c	58,572	56,087	2448	58,385
ALL^d	9,073,403	7,524,115	1,549,288	9,036,935

^aBreeds with more than 500 animals born between 1900 and 2019
^bNon-targeted breeds not included in the analysis
^cBreeds with less than 500 animals that were not included in the analysis, i.e. British Friesian, Dutch Friesian, Simmental dual-purpose, Belgian Blue, Pinzgauer, Charolais, Angus, Aubrac, Blonde d’Aquitaine, Tyrol Grey, Hereford, Tux, Belgian White and Red, Limpburger Cattle, Bohuskulla, Galloway, Montbelliard, Limousin and crosses
^dALL includes all the breeds in the database
^eAnimals born between 1900 and 2018

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