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Sensor technologies support routine observations of animals in infectious disease studies
| The use of sensor technologies such as accelerometers and video to monitor the behaviour of sheep infected with Toxoplasma gondii has added value to... -
Animal breeding to prevent harmful social behaviours in livestock animals
| Scientists from Wageningen University & Research, Animal Breeding and Genomics (WUR-ABG) developed models to simulate and genetically analyse... -
Natural antibodies and resilience indicators appear to be under polygenic control
| Results from a Wageningen University & Research, Animal Breeding and Genomics (WUR-ABG) study published in Poultry Science suggest that both... -
Kinship and inbreeding in the Dutch Fjord population analyzed
| At the moment the inbreeding rate in the Dutch Fjord population is not alarming, but vigilance is necessary in order to keep the status quo. The... -
How depressing is inbreeding in livestock? A review of 30 years of research
| Inbreeding reduces the performance of livestock animals, a phenomenon known as inbreeding depression. But how large is the effect of inbreeding? And...