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Quantifying morphometric and adaptive characteristics of indigenous cattle genetic resources in northwest Ethiopia

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Title Quantifying morphometric and adaptive characteristics of indigenous cattle genetic resources in northwest Ethiopia
 
Creator Tenagne, A.
Taye, M.
Dessie, Tadelle
Muluneh, B.
Kebede, D.
Mekuriaw, Getinet
 
Subject animal breeding
genetics
indigenous breeds
cattle
livestock
 
Description Ethiopia is the gateway of livestock genetic resources to Africa and has a wide range of altitude. It is endowed with huge diverse cattle genetic resources. The aim of this research was to determine the morphometric and potentioally adaptive characteristics of cattle populations. Multi-stage purposive and random sampling methods were employed to select the study areas, households and animals. A total of 1200 adult cattle were sampled and characterized for 14 qualitative and eight morphometric variables. The comparison of marginal means, chi-square tests, canonical discriminant analysis, and clustering analysis were employed using SAS and SPSS statistical software. The sex of the animal, location and agro-ecology were fitted as fixed effects in the model and had highly significant (p
 
Date 2023-03-20
2023-03-23T13:51:39Z
2023-03-23T13:51:39Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Tenagne, A., Taye, M., Dessie, T., Muluneh, B., Kebede, D. and Mekuriaw, G. 2023. Quantifying morphometric and adaptive characteristics of indigenous cattle genetic resources in northwest Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 18(3):e0280640.
1932-6203
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129742
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280640
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher Public Library of Science
 
Source PLoS ONE