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Selective breeding of Black Bengal goats for improving productivity

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Title Selective breeding of Black Bengal goats for improving productivity
 
Creator CHANDRAN, P C
PANDIAN, S JEGAVEERA
RAY, P K
DEY, A
BARARI, S K
KAUSHAL, D K
 
Subject Black Bengal
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Selective breeding
 
Description The selective breeding methodology was followed for improving the productivity of Black Bengal goats under field conditions. Superior bucks were procured from the field and were trained for semen collection. The germplasm was transferred to the nearby village herds through AI. The height, length and girth of Black Bengal female goats at 3 months of age in the random bred population increased in the kids born from selective breeding. The body weight of Black Bengal goats in the random bred population at 3 and 12 months of age in the kids parented by selected bucks, the body weight was higher. Significant difference was not noticed between the random bred population and the population descended from selected bucks, but improvement in performance of the later was noticed for all the age groups. Phenotypic correlation between the body weight and morphometric traits was highly significant for both males and females. Strategy for long-term improvement of productivity through selective breeding was discussed.
 
Publisher Indian Council of Agricultural Research
 
Date 2014-01-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/37316
10.56093/ijans.v84i1.37316
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol. 84 No. 1 (2014); 78–81
2394-3327
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/37316/16690
 
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