Table 1

Overview of percentage of wrong parent information.

Population

Estimated percentage

# animals

Reference

German dairy cattle

7%

805

[8]

Israeli Holstein cows

12%

6040

[17]

Israeli Holstein cows (same pop.)

6%

249

[16]

Sheep, USA (mismothering)

10%

79

[9]

Lipizzaner Hors (mismothering)

11%

212

[10]

UK dairy cattle (misfathering)

10%

568

[11]

New Zealand dairy cattle

12–15%

several studies

[12]

Sheep, New Zealand (misfathering)

1–15%

776

[13]

Dutch dairy cows (misfathering)

9–12%

10731

[15]

Sheep, USA (misfathering)

9%

120

[14]

Literature on percentage of animals with wrong parentage; percentages represent sires, dams or both

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