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Titre: Genetic parameters for direct and maternal effects on body weights of Draa goats
Auteur(s): Boujenane, I.
Hazzab, A. El
Date de publication: 2008
Editeur: [Amsterdam New York, NY]: Elsevier Science
Référence bibliographique: Small ruminant research, v. v. 80
Résumé: Genetic parameters and (co)variance components were estimated for weights at birth and at 30, 90 and 180 days of age for Draa goat maintained at Ouarzazate station over a period of 18 years (1988-2005). Records of 1498 kids, the progeny of 46 sires and 404 dams were used in the study. Analyses were carried out by restricted maximum likelihood. Six different animal models including or ignoring maternal genetic or permanent environmental effects were fitted for all traits. The Model 2 with only permanent environmental maternal effects seemed most suitable. Estimates of direct heritability from this model were 0.16 for birth weight and 0.07, 0.11 and 0.11 for weights at 30, 90 and 180 days, respectively. Maternal heritability estimates varied from 0.00 to 0.24 for all traits according to the model used (Models 4-6). Bivariate analysis by Model 2 was also used to estimate genetic correlations between traits. The estimates of genetic and phenotypic correlations among weights were positive and intermediate to high in value. Despite the low estimated heritabilities of body weight traits of Draa goat, there is a small genetic variability that may be exploited to improve growth performance.
Licence: http://andzoa.ma/fr
URI/URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2008.07.02...
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ISSN: 0921-4488
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2008.07.026
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