Resilience of small ruminants to climate change and increased environmental temperature: A review

A Joy, FR Dunshea, BJ Leury, IJ Clarke, K DiGiacomo… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Small ruminants are critical for food security and livelihood, especially
under extreme stressful and diverse climatic environments. Generally, sheep and goats are …

Comparative assessment of heat stress induced changes in carcass traits, plasma leptin profile and skeletal muscle myostatin and HSP70 gene expression patterns …

PR Archana, V Sejian, W Ruban, M Bagath, G Krishnan… - Meat Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The primary objective of the study was to compare the impact of heat stress on meat
production characteristics of Osmanabadi and Salem Black breed goats based on changes …

[PDF][PDF] Principal component analysis of morphological traits of Assam Hill goat in Eastern Himalayan India.

G Khargharia, G Kadirvel, S Kumar, S Doley… - JAPS: Journal of …, 2015 - thejaps.org.pk
The present study aimed to investigate the type and function of the Assam Hill goat of
Northeast India. A total of 67 female animals of 2 to 4 years of age were randomly selected …

Climate resilience of goat breeds in India: A review

N Ramachandran, V Sejian - Small Ruminant Research, 2022 - Elsevier
India possesses vast genetic resources in terms of holding several indigenous breeds of
goats. This review highlights the climate resilient potential of various indigenous goat breeds …

Multivariate characterisation of the phenotypic traits of Djallonke and Sahel sheep in Northern Ghana

PT Birteeb, SO Peters, A Yakubu, MA Adeleke… - Tropical animal health …, 2012 - Springer
The characterisation of the small ruminant populations in developing countries will play a
major role in the maintenance of the genetic resources as the basis for future improvement …

Comparative assessment of growth performance of three different indigenous goat breeds exposed to summer heat stress

P Pragna, V Sejian, M Bagath… - Journal of animal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A study was conducted to assess comparatively the growth performance of three different
indigenous goat breeds during exposure to summer heat stress. The primary objective of the …

Exterior characteristics and body measurements of Bligon goat on the different agro-ecological zones in Bantul District, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

RD Rahmawati, BA Atmoko, IGS Budisatria… - Biodiversitas Journal of …, 2022 - smujo.id
Rahmawati RD, Atmoko BA, Budisatria IGS, Ngadiyono N, Panjono. 2021. Exterior
characteristics and body measurements of Bligon goat on the different agro-ecological …

Differentiation of some Pramenka sheep breeds based on morphometric characteristics

B Marković, P Dovč, M Marković… - Archives animal …, 2019 - aab.copernicus.org
For the purpose of the morphometric characterization and differentiation of local sheep
breeds that belong to the group of breeds called Pramenka or Zackel, two Slovenian (Bela …

Structural indices of indigenous goats reared under traditional management systems in East Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

M Getaneh, M Taye, D Kebede, D Andualem - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
In phenotypic characterization of animal genetic resources, structural indices are essential
components to understand the breed structure and body proportions. They are the …

[HTML][HTML] Morphometric characterization of Kacang goats raised in lowland and highland areas of Jambi Province, Indonesia

D Depison, WPB Putra, G Gushairiyanto… - Journal of Advanced …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: The objective of this study was to characterize Kacang goats (aged 1–2 years) in
the highland (group 1) and lowland (group 2) areas of Jambi Province based on their body …