Responsible breeders know the value of genetic COI (coefficient of inbreeding) in making breeding decisions: Not only is it correlated to overall canine health and lifespan, it can be extremely useful in assessing potential breeding mates for your dog. In fact, it’s one of the reasons so many breeders choose Embark for their DNA testing: Only Embark provides the predicted average litter COI for any 2 Embarked dogs—free—when you Embark-test your dog.
Evaluating a mate: What you can learn at a glance
The ability to predict average litter COI makes it easy to include genetic inbreeding as a factor in your breeding program planning. With each COI assessment from Embark, you’ll learn:
- The degree of inbreeding present in each potential sire and dam
- How the inbreeding score for each dog compares to the average for your breed
- The expected average genetic COI of a litter from the two dogs
By comparing the predicted genetic COI of the puppies in the litter against the COI of each adult dog, breeders can identify if the degree of inbreeding present in their lines will improve or deteriorate based upon the proposed mating. This information can be highly impactful not only to the individual breeders, but to breed clubs and other organizations working to preserve genetic diversity in their purebred populations.
How to submit a COI or COR request
As a reminder, genetic COI information is included in every Embark for Breeders DNA Test. And, obtaining the predicted average genetic COI of a litter…
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