Genome-wide scan of wool production traits in akkaraman sheep

Y Arzik, M Kizilaslan, S Behrem, SN White, LMW Piel… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
The objective of this study was to uncover the genetic background of wool quality, a
production trait, by estimating genomic heritability and implementing GWAS in Akkaraman …

Meta-analysis of genetic parameters for economic traits in sheep

BD Medrado, VB Pedrosa, LFB Pinto - Livestock Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Very diversified studies estimated genetic parameters in sheep, and reliable estimates that
account for the variation between articles can be achieved through a meta-analysis. This …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Different body measurement and body weight prediction of jamuna basin sheep in Bangladesh.

MA Sun, MA Hossain, T Islam, MM Rahman… - 2020 - researchgate.net
The aim of this study was to estimate different body measurements and derive prediction
equation for live weight of Jamuna basin sheep using different body measurement. A total of …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic parameter estimation for pre-weaning growth traits in Jordan Awassi sheep

K Jawasreh, ZB Ismail, F Iya… - Veterinary …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aim: The aim of this study was to estimate the heritability, genetic and phenotypic
correlations, and the genetic trends for pre-weaning growth traits including the birth weight …

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 …

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) …