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) …

Analysis of genetic parameters and genetic trends for early growth and reproductive traits of Doyogena sheep managed under community-based breeding program

K Habtegiorgis, A Haile, T Getachew, MA Kirmani… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
This study aims to estimate genetic parameters and genetic trends for early growth and
reproductive traits of Doyogena sheep. Data used in the study were collected over 6 years …

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 …

Estimates of (co) variance components and genetic parameters for body weights and first greasy fleece weight in Malpura sheep

GR Gowane, A Chopra, V Prakash, AL Arora - Livestock Science, 2010 - Elsevier
Estimates of (co) variance components and genetic parameters were calculated for birth
weight (BWT), weaning weight (WWT), 6month weight (6WT), 9month weight (9WT) …

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 …

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) …

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 …

Estimates of (co) variance components and genetic parameters for growth traits of Avikalin sheep

LLL Prince, GR Gowane, A Chopra… - Tropical Animal Health and …, 2010 - Springer
Abstract (Co) variance components and genetic parameters for various growth traits of
Avikalin sheep maintained at Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar …

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 …