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No genomic analysis has investigated the association between inbreeding levels and pregnancy loss.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objectives<\/jats:title>\n \n To compare genetic inbreeding coefficients (\n F<\/jats:italic>\n ) of naturally occurring Thoroughbred Early Pregnancy Loss (EPLs), Mid and Late term Pregnancy Loss (MLPL) and Controls. The\n F<\/jats:italic>\n value was hypothesised to be higher in cases of pregnancy loss (EPLs and MLPLs) than Controls.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Study design<\/jats:title>\n Observational case\u2013control study.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n \n Allantochorion and fetal DNA from EPL (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u200937, gestation age 14\u201365\u2009days), MLPL (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u200994, gestational age 70\u2009days\u201324\u2009h post parturition) and Controls (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u200958) were genotyped on the Axiom Equine 670K SNP Genotyping Array. Inbreeding coefficients using Runs of Homozygosity (FROH) were calculated using PLINK software. ROHs were split into size categories to investigate the recency of inbreeding.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n MLPLs had significantly higher median number of ROH (188 interquartile range [IQR], 180.8\u2013197.3), length of ROH (3.10, IQR 2.93\u20133.33), and total number of ROH (590.8, IQR 537.3\u2013632.3), and\n F<\/jats:italic>\n ROH<\/jats:sub>\n (0.26, IQR 0.24\u20130.28) when compared with the Controls and the EPLs (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009<\u20090.05). There was no significant difference in any of the inbreeding indices between the EPLs and Controls. The MLPLs had a significantly higher proportion of long (>10\u2009Mb) ROH (2.5%, IQR 1.6\u20133.6) than the Controls (1.7%, IQR 0.6\u20132.5),\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u20090.001. No unique ROHs were found in the EPL or MLPL populations.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main limitations<\/jats:title>\n SNP\u2010array data does not allow analysis of every base in the sequence.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n This first study of the effect of genomic inbreeding levels on pregnancy loss showed that inbreeding is a contributor to MLPL, but not EPL in the UK Thoroughbred population. 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