Browsing Research Articles (Animal and Wildlife Sciences) by Author "De Ponte Bouwer, Paula"

Browsing Research Articles (Animal and Wildlife Sciences) by Author "De Ponte Bouwer, Paula"

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  • Analysis of inbreeding of the South African Dairy Swiss breed 
    De Ponte Bouwer, Paula; Visser, Carina; Mostert, Bernice Euodia (South African Society for Animal Science, 2013-03-09)
    In South Africa, the Dairy Swiss breed, which originated in Switzerland, consists of 27 breeders and 1135 breeding cows. Pedigree information on the breed was analysed to determine its effective population size (Ne) and ...
  • Genetic parameters for production traits and somatic cell score of the SA Dairy Swiss population 
    De Ponte Bouwer, Paula; Mostert, Bernice Euodia; Visser, Carina (South African Society for Animal Science, 2013-05-26)
    The SA Dairy Swiss population could not previously be incorporated into the National Dairy Genetic Evaluation System, owing to inadequate population numbers and data structures. However, in recent years participation in ...