Effects of inbreeding and other systematic effects on fertility of Black Forest Draught horses in Germany

Table 1 Number of stallions, mares, cycles and foals and foaling rates per season observed for the years 2001–2009

Year	Stallions (n)	Mares (n)	Cycles (n)	Foals (n)	Per cycle foaling rate (%)	Foaling rate per season (%)
2001	17	294	342	138	40.35	46.94
2002	18	337	419	178	42.48	52.82
2003	19	355	462	188	40.69	52.96
2004	19	326	457	186	40.70	57.06
2005	22	361	528	222	42.05	61.50
2006	25	356	543	211	38.86	59.27
2007	24	348	569	251	44.11	72.13
2008	26	343	621	255	41.06	74.34
2009	24	293	593	223	37.61	76.11
Total	32	1024	4534	1852	40.85	61.46

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