The paternity index is one of the important parameters which paternity determination depends on.Inbreeding is an indispensable and effective means to improve herds and breeds and breed new strains and breeds.It can fi...The paternity index is one of the important parameters which paternity determination depends on.Inbreeding is an indispensable and effective means to improve herds and breeds and breed new strains and breeds.It can fix good traits and improve herd genetic uniformity.The INBREED module of SAS statistical analysis software can be used to calculate the inbreeding coefficients of the offspring and their parents in the pig herd pedigree.In this study,we used actual data as an example to compile and operate an SAS program for calculating the inbreeding coefficients of a pig herd.Compared with the dedicated software for calculating inbreeding coefficients developed in recent years,such as BASIC+database dBASE,Visual Basic+database SQ L Serve method,DFREMLI,MTDF EMLI,VCE,ASREML,DMU,GBS and Herdsman,calculating inbreeding coefficients with SAS programs has the advantages of low cost,simple programming language,and easy operation.For livestock breeders who are not provided with special computing software,the use of SAS to calculate the inbreeding coefficients of pigs is of great significance to planned breed selection and assortative mating.展开更多
文摘The paternity index is one of the important parameters which paternity determination depends on.Inbreeding is an indispensable and effective means to improve herds and breeds and breed new strains and breeds.It can fix good traits and improve herd genetic uniformity.The INBREED module of SAS statistical analysis software can be used to calculate the inbreeding coefficients of the offspring and their parents in the pig herd pedigree.In this study,we used actual data as an example to compile and operate an SAS program for calculating the inbreeding coefficients of a pig herd.Compared with the dedicated software for calculating inbreeding coefficients developed in recent years,such as BASIC+database dBASE,Visual Basic+database SQ L Serve method,DFREMLI,MTDF EMLI,VCE,ASREML,DMU,GBS and Herdsman,calculating inbreeding coefficients with SAS programs has the advantages of low cost,simple programming language,and easy operation.For livestock breeders who are not provided with special computing software,the use of SAS to calculate the inbreeding coefficients of pigs is of great significance to planned breed selection and assortative mating.
