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Table 3 Overall results for the Alpine breed: buck replacement (NSR), goat replacement (GR), progeny-testing (PT)

From: Optimized diffusion of buck semen for saving genetic variability in selected dairy goat populations

Animals involved

Merit (local σ g )

F (%)

Coancestry* (%)

Progeny NSR

2.53

1.75

2.96

Sire NSR

2.94

2.30

2.00

Dam NSR

2.12

1.91

3.90

Progeny GR

1.51

1.12

2.81

Sire GR

2.32

1.78

2.00

Dam GR

0.70

1.87

3.61

Progeny PT

 

1.29

2.79

Sire PT

 

2.33

2.16

Dam PT

0.71

1.50

3.43

  1. *For sire: coancestry with all the females. For dams and progeny: coancestry with females of the same flock.
  2. ** NS value is the score of male progeny for replacing NS bucks
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