This message is from: Steve McIlree <[email protected]>
Ruth Bushnell wrote:
> the breed did not begin with Njal, of course, but with a host of
> ancestors before him.. some of those are recorded as well.
> http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/njal
With my recurring rant on the subject of caution about inbreeding, I was
really interested to note that Njal's grandsire was the same on both top
and bottom lines. So here we have a closely bred stud as the foundation
of the sole stallion line for the modern Fjord. Just more reason to take
great care to keep as much diversity as possible in the breed and to
take coefficient of inbreeding into consideration when selecting horses
for breeding. You can get a free program to calculate COI for a 10
generation pedigree from http://www.tenset.co.uk/fspeed/fspeed.html.
Have a safe and happy New Year!
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Steve
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