Table 2 Effective population size (\({\mathrm{N}}_{e}\)), effective number of founders (\({f}_{e}\)) and ancestors (\({f}_{a}\)), mean inbreeding level, and mean relationship for the Red Dairy Cattle (RDC), Meuse-Rhine-Yssel (MRY), Vorderwälder (VWD), Swedish Polled (SKB), Finncattle (FIC), Traditional Angler (RVA), Rotes Höhenvieh (RHV), Hinterwälder (HWD) and the whole population (ALL) born between 1960 and 2018
From: Inbreeding and pedigree analysis of the European red dairy cattle
Breed | Number of animals | \({\mathrm{N}}_{e}\) | \({f}_{e}\) | \({f}_{a}\) | Mean \(F\) (%) | Mean relationship (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RDC | 5,999,780 | 226 | 371 | 105 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
MRY | 2,496,714 | 109 | 74 | 50 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
FIC | 4455 | 85 | 668 | 670 | – | – |
SKB | 39,059 | 166 | 240 | 76 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
VWD | 226,744 | 178 | 282 | 131 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
HWD | 1040 | 182 | 168 | 120 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
RVA | 1053 | 64 | 72 | 62 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
RHV | 749 | 35 | 35 | 30 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
ALLa | 9,036,935 | 166 | 349 | 165 | 1.5 | 1.0 |