Sentence examples for of breeding practices from inspiring English sources
PAGE 16 SPORTS RACEHORSES PAYING PRICE Of Breeding Practices Long before the filly Eight Belles shattered her front ankles and was euthanized after the Kentucky Derby last Saturday, the industry had conceded that American racehorses were less sound than ever.
All these improvements of breeding practices led to an increased contribution of poor breeders to the captive population.
The burden of disease within the purebred dog population has become the focus of discussions on welfare considerations and with regard to the ethics of breeding practices [ 8].
Generally, the population structure of domesticated species is influenced by the evolutionary history of the predomesticated ancestors, as well as by the complexity of breeding practices [ 55].
Additionally, these techniques will allow radical improvements of breeding practices in captive or managed populations, otherwise hampered by the limited availability of polymorphic markers.
Major attention will therefore be given to choosing animals adapted to harsh environments and using a set of breeding practices that favor animal adaptations and strengthen their immune systems.
In terms of implications for breeding practices, the decrease in heritability with age suggests that artificial selection for body mass should be more efficient when performed before fish reach sexual maturation.
This was not the case for most of the dog breeds (and some breeds of the other species) either because of the existence of subpopulations or of particular breeding practices such as a high frequency of mating between close relatives [ 28].
Poitou donkey and mule breeders were extremely protective of their breeding practices, some of which were "highly unusual and misguided".
As a direct result of indiscriminate breeding practices, as of 2001 only a few thousand purebred Marwaris existed.
The PCA and rarefaction analyses provided insight into the effect of these breeding practices on diversification and structure of the cultivated species, showing the existence the large introgressions as has also been described recently [ 54].
