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A herd of cattle is showing reduced fertility and productivity. Provide one reason and one suggestion to overcome this problem.

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A herd of cattle is showing reduced fertility and productivity. Provide one reason and one suggestion to overcome this problem.

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  • It is inbreeding depression that arises due to continued and close inbreeding.
  • It can be overcome by mating the selected animals of the breeding population with unrelated superior animals of the same breed, i.e., outcrossing.
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