Inbreeding Co-efficient

[Pariah]

Hi guys

Just wondering about something I read the other day. I'm not sure how this would work for dogs but while looking at my horse books about breeding from a small gene pool it said something about Inbreeding co-efficients, which is a formula to give an estimate of how much in breeding has occurred already in the lines of any given animal. Do breeders of Wolf dogs do something like this?
I was reading in particular about Friesian Horse societies doing it to preserve lines and to try and stop genetic problems. Just a question thought I would ask seeing how I'm new to wolf dogs and all.

Thanks for you time and responses
-Pariah

[GalomyOak]

In the dog world (and possibly for other species too?), we look to the formula known as Wright's Coefficient to determine the degree of in-breeding. In fact, on this site, it is possible to find the equation of a CsV's ancestory. Often times you will hear inbreeding referred to as "linebreeding" (or, breeding to bring out specific lines, or traits, from specific ancestors) in the purebred world. Obviously, with the good comes the bad, and health can easily be weakened through linebreeding as well, in addition to bringing our less desirable traits that have been somewhat muted. Linebreeding is somewhat essential in the early days of most purebreds, but as the breed becomes more prolific, diversity is a good thing too.

[Huan]

In the database it's possible to check Wright's Coefficient of the specific wolfdog. Though you need to have at lease "verified user" rights in order to see these numbers as far as I remember.