Give two reasons for carrying out inbreeding in livestock production.
- Increases phenotypic uniformity in the herd
- Increases genetic uniformity in the herd
- Builds up and retains desirable qualities within the herd
- It is useful where there are chances of occurrence of epistasis
- Used to test the animal’s prepotency (ability to pass desirable qualities to the off-springs)
- Helps to expose recessive genes within the herd for culling purposes.
- Used to test for abnormalities in male animals such as hereditary defects
- Used to get proven sires
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