[HTML][HTML] Productive and reproductive performances of indigenous sheep in Ethiopia: a review

S Ayele, M Urge - Open Journal of Animal Sciences, 2018 - scirp.org
Sheep in Ethiopia is among the major economically important livestock species in the
country, playing a significant role to the livelihood of resource-poor farmers and pastoralists …

Estimating non-genetic and genetic parameters of pre-weaning growth traits in Raini Cashmere goat

A Barazandeh, SM Moghbeli, M Vatankhah… - Tropical Animal Health …, 2012 - Springer
Data and pedigree information used in the present study were 3,022 records of kids
obtained from the breeding station of Raini goat. The studied traits were birth weight (BW) …

Genetic parameters of growth traits and quantitative genetic metrics for selection and conservation of Mecheri sheep of Tamil Nadu

B Balasundaram, AK Thiruvenkadan, N Murali… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mecheri sheep are a hair-type sheep breed from India, reared for meat,
which play a vital part in the economic well-being of farmers. This study was conducted to …

Bayesian estimates of genetic parameters for growth traits in Harnali sheep

SS Dash, YC Bangar, A Magotra… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of the study was to estimate genetic parameters of the growth traits under
Bayesian inference in Harnali sheep. The information of pedigree and targeted traits of 2404 …

Estimation of (Co) variance components and genetic parameters for pre-and post-weaning growth traits in Dağlıç sheep

S Koçak, S Çinkaya, M Tekerli, M Demirtaş, Z Bozkurt… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Dağlıç breed of sheep is fat-tailed, dual-purpose, and resistant to
harsh environmental conditions in Türkiye. This research aimed to estimate (co) variance …

Development of selection strategies for genetic improvement in production traits of Mecheri sheep based on a Bayesian multi trait evaluation

B Balasundaram, J Muralidharan, N Murali, D Cauveri… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The progression of genetic selection techniques to enhance farm animal performance traits
is guided by the present level of genetic variation and maternal impact in each trait, as well …

Variance components and genetic parameters of growth traits and Kleiber ratio in Muzaffarnagari sheep

A Mandal, M Karunakaran, DK Sharma, H Baneh… - Small Ruminant …, 2015 - Elsevier
Estimates of (co) variance components and genetic parameters were obtained for birth
weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), average daily weight gain from birth to weaning (ADG) …

[PDF][PDF] Environmental factors affecting preweaning growth traits of Buchi sheep in Pakistan.

M Akhtar, K Javed, M Abdullah, N Ahmad, MA Elzo - 2012 - academia.edu
The present investigation was carried out to study the influences of environmental factors on
the preweaning growth traits in Buchi sheep maintained at the Livestock Experiment Station …

Evaluation of some factors on birth and weaning weights in Awassi sheep by using GLM and CART analysis

Ö Şahin - Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2022 - Springer
Birth weight (BW), which is the first physiological record of the postnatal period, is an
important indicator that affects growth and development, reproduction, and some yields of …

The estimation of (co) variance components and genetic parameters for growth and wool traits in Harnali sheep

A Chauhan, SP Dahiya, YC Bangar, A Magotra - Small Ruminant Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study was undertaken to estimate (co) variance components and genetic
parameters of important growth and wool traits in Harnali sheep using data records of 1862 …