Genetic selection focused purely on production traits has proven very successful in
improving the productive performance of livestock. However, heightened environmental and …

A meta-analysis of 84 published reports on goats was conducted to calculate weighted and
unweighted average direct heritability (ha 2), maternal genetic effect (hm 2), common …

An understanding of influencing factors and genetic principles affecting the growth traits is
needed to implement optimal breeding and selection programs. In this study, heritabilities …

A total of 4007 lactation records from 1520 Saanen goats kidding from 1999 to 2006 and
obtained from 10 herds in Guanajuato, Mexico, were analyzed to estimate the heritabilities …

Goat breeding research in Mexico began in 1980 with studies on breed and crossbreed
comparisons involving local goats and goats from specialized breeds imported from the …

Heritabilities and correlations for milk yield (MY), fat yield (FY), protein yield (PY), combined
fat and protein yield (FPY), fat percentage (F%), protein percentage (P%), age at first kidding …

To aid in improvement of breeding programs for production and reproduction traits of US
dairy goats, breed differences over time were documented and genetic parameters were …

Simple Summary Genetic evaluations and the selection of breeding animals require the
accurate estimation of genetic parameters for economically important traits. As a result, dairy …

The aim of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for lactation yields of milk (MY), fat
(FY), protein (PY), and somatic cell score (SCS) of New Zealand dairy goats. The analysis …

Assessing dominance and additive effects of casein complex single-nucleotide
polymorphisms (SNPs)(αS1, αS2, β, and κ casein), and their epistatic relationships may …