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Genetic and economic evaluation of alternative breeding schemes for two indigenous goat populations of Ethiopia

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Title Genetic and economic evaluation of alternative breeding schemes for two indigenous goat populations of Ethiopia
 
Creator Sheriff, Oumer
 
Contributor Alemayehu, Kefyalew
Haile, Aynalem
Getachew, Tesfaye
Mwacharo, Joram
 
Subject breeding scheme
no poverty
poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
deterministic approach
 
Description In this study, breeding objective traits were identified, and alternative breeding schemes were simulatedand evaluated for two goat populations. The traits were as follows: body size, twinning ability and kiddinginterval (KI) for Arab goats and body size, twinning ability and mothering ability for Oromo goats. Theselection criteria were six-month weight (6mw, kg), litter size at birth (LSB), litter size at weaning (LSW)and KI (days). The schemes were as follows: (1) Scheme 1: 2 years of buck use and 10% selectionproportion, (2) Scheme 2: 2 years of buck use and 15% selection proportion, (3) Scheme 3: 3 years ofbuck use and 10% selection proportion, and (4) Scheme 4: 3 years of buck use and 15% selectionproportion. The predicted annual genetic gain (PAGG) for 6mw ranged from 0.29 to 0.32 kg for Arabgoats while it varied from 0.34 to 0.38 kg for Oromo goats. On the contrary, the PAGGs for LSB andLSW for both populations were considerably small regardless of the different schemes. The economicreturn (Euro/doe) ranged from 0.99 to 1.15 for Arab goats and from 0.60 to 0.70 for Oromo goats.SCM2 is recommended over other schemes.
 
Date 2022-01-16
2023-01-04T20:01:10Z
2023-01-04T20:01:10Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/8fba478e2cfc078dee5d0b5fbf558d67
Oumer Sheriff, Kefyalew Alemayehu, Aynalem Haile, Tesfaye Getachew, Joram Mwacharo. (16/1/2022). Genetic and economic evaluation of alternative breeding schemes for two indigenous goat populations of Ethiopia. Journal of Applied Animal Research, 50 (1), pp. 80-85.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/67868
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
 
Source Journal of Applied Animal Research;50,(2022) Pagination 80-85