The role of maternal effects in sheep breeding: a review

GR Gowane, A Chopra, V Prakash… - Indian Journal of Small …, 2014 - indianjournals.com
Genetic parameters for various economic traits of sheep have been reported from time to
time and there are reviews that included most of the information on estimates of heritability …

Climate change impact on sheep production: Growth, milk, wool, and meat

GR Gowane, YP Gadekar, V Prakash, V Kadam… - … production adapting to …, 2017 - Springer
Sheep production is looked upon as the primary meat industry in the future due to
production efficiency of mutton and adaptability of the sheep to changing climate. More than …

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 …

Estimation of genetic parameters and variance components of pre-weaning growth traits in Barki lambs

AM Sallam, AH Ibrahim, SM Alsheikh - Small Ruminant Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Growth performance has a substantial impact on the profitability of any animal production
enterprise. Hence, it should be considered in breeding programs and genetic improvement …

Estimates of covariance components and genetic parameters for growth, average daily gain and Kleiber ratio in Harnali sheep

YC Bangar, A Magotra, AS Yadav - Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2020 - Springer
The aim of the present study was to estimate the (co) variance components and genetic
parameters for various growth traits (weight at birth (BWT) and 3 (WT3), 6 (WT6), 9 (WT9) …

Estimates of (co) variance components and genetic parameters of growth traits in Marwari sheep

H Singh, U Pannu, HK Narula, A Chopra… - Journal of applied …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The present investigation was undertaken to estimate the (co) variance components and
genetic parameters for different growth traits in Marwari flock comprising records of 1649 …

The estimation of (co) variance components and genetic parameters for growth traits and Kleiber ratios in Malpura sheep of India

V Prakash, LLL Prince, GR Gowane, AL Arora - Small ruminant research, 2012 - Elsevier
Objective of the present study was to estimate the genetic parameters and (co) variance
components for different economic traits in Malpura sheep. The traits analyzed were birth …

Genetic and phenotypic parameter estimates of live weight and daily gain traits in Malpura sheep using Bayesian approach

GR Gowane, LLL Prince, FB Lopes, C Paswan… - Small Ruminant …, 2015 - Elsevier
Estimates of (co) variance components and genetic parameters were calculated for birth
weight (BWT), weaning weight (WWT), 6-month weight (6WT), 9-month weight (9WT), 12 …

Effect of non-genetic factors on growth traits of Avikalin sheep

S Mahala, S Saini, A Kumar, LLL Prince… - Small Ruminant …, 2019 - Elsevier
Avikalin is a synthetic sheep selected over the years for higher growth and fleece yield. The
objective of the present study was to evaluate the growth performance of Avikalin over 4 …

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 …