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Population Parameters of the Registered Red Sindi in Brazil

Fábio José Carvalho Faria, Anibal Eugênio Vercesi Filho, Fernando Enrique Madalena, Luiz Antônio Josahkian

DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982001000800005

The aim of this study was to describe the population structure of the registered Red Sindhi cattle in Brazil. Descriptive statistics of the distribution of the number of progeny are presented, and the generation interval and effective population size were estimated, using pedigree records of animals registered from 1955 to 1998. The observed generation interval for the whole time period was 7.65 yr, and for the period 1994-1998 it was 7.96 yr. The effective population size for the following periods (1979-83, 1984-88, 1989-93 and 1994-98) were, respectively, 501, 26, 20 and 19.

Population Parameters of the Registered Red Sindi in Brazil

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