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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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The cattle.s productivity is decreased due to inbreeding depression .A single outcome i.e. breeding with animals of same breed but should not have common ancestors on either side upto 4-6 generations can resume its fertility.
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