title: [Analysis of the population structure of the Black Forest Draught Horse].
abstract: Gene contributions of foreign populations as well as coefficients of inbreeding and relationship were evaluated in 699 Black Forest Draught horses of Baden-Württemberg actually registered in the year 2002. Based on nearly complete 5-generation-pedigrees and after taking into account the remaining incompleteness, the mean coefficient of inbreeding for the total population was 6.5%. The recently by incrossing with different breeds newly established lines of stallions showed significantly lower mean coefficients of inbreeding. High rates of inbreeding of about 1.6% in the last five generations could also be faced by incrossing stallions of foreign coldblooded populations what resulted in a decrease of inbreeding in the last generation. In the total population the mean degree of relationship was 16%. The mean degree of relationships within lines of stallions was between 18.3 and 26.8%. The coefficients of relationships between lines of stallions varied between 5.1 and 16.6%. Especially, the newly established lines of stallions showed a lower mean degree of relationships to the other different lines of stallions. The proportion of purebred Black Forest Draught horses in the total population was nearly 70%. Assuming that most animals of unknown origin were purebred, the proportion of purebred Black Forest Draught horses reached about 90%. Austrian Noric, Swiss Freiberg and South German Coldblood stallions were the most important contributors to the Black Forest Draught horse population.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Tierzucht und Vererbungsforschung, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aberle
authors.forename: Jörn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wrede
authors.forename: Ottmar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Distl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D005858:Germany; D006736:Horses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D007178:Inbreeding; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D012641:Selection, Genetic