Genetic selection focused purely on production traits has proven very successful in
improving the productive performance of livestock. However, heightened environmental and …

A meta-analysis of 84 published reports on goats was conducted to calculate weighted and
unweighted average direct heritability (ha 2), maternal genetic effect (hm 2), common …

Data collected over a period of 15 years in a herd of Boer goats in Brazil were used to
estimate genetic parameters for reproductive and growth traits. The analyses included …

Goats are important livestock species worldwide, due to their valuable commodities,
including meat, milk, dairy products, fleece, and skin. Most of the economically important …

Litter size, or prolificacy, in goats is defined as the number of kids born per doe kidding.
Improving litter size through selection not only directly enhances producer profitability as …

Linear or nonlinear genetic relationships between productive life and functional productive
life at 72 mo, with final score (SCO), stature, strength, dairyness (DAI), teat diameter, rear …

Simple Summary Genetic evaluations and the selection of breeding animals require the
accurate estimation of genetic parameters for economically important traits. As a result, dairy …

The aim of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for lactation yields of milk (MY), fat
(FY), protein (PY), and somatic cell score (SCS) of New Zealand dairy goats. The analysis …

Background Identifying associations between genetic markers and traits of economic
importance will provide practical benefits for the dairy goat industry, enabling genomic …

Assessing dominance and additive effects of casein complex single-nucleotide
polymorphisms (SNPs)(αS1, αS2, β, and κ casein), and their epistatic relationships may …