Cashmere production, skin characteristics, and mutated genes in crimped cashmere fibre goats
Animal, 2022 A subpopulation of Yanshan cashmere goats with crimped fibre has emerged in a closed population in recent years, but little is known about differences in cashmere production performance, skin characteristics, and fibre-style-related genes between goats ...
Chunhui Duan +5 more
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Comparison of reproductive performance, live weight, survivability, and fleece characteristics of indoor-raised Central Anatolian Merino and Malya sheep [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2022 This study was conducted to compare Central Anatolian Merino (CAM) and Malya sheep under intensive conditions in terms of reproductive traits, birth and weaning weights, fattening performance, and some fleece characteristics.
Sedat Behrem +2 more
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Animal, 2010 This paper reviews genetics of fibre production and fleece characteristics in small ruminants, Angora rabbit and South American camelids with a special distinction between single-coated (SC) and double-coated (DC) species.
D. Allain, C. Renieri
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The Norwegian sheep breeding scheme: description, genetic and phenotypic change
Animal, 2008 The developments in Norwegian sheep breeding since the early 1990s are reviewed. For the largest breeding population, the Norwegian White Sheep, results are presented for both genetic and phenotypic changes.
L.S. Eikje, T. Ådnøy, G. Klemetsdal
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ESTIMATION OF PHENOTYPIC CORRELATIONS AND REPEATABILITY OF SOME ECONOMIC TRAITS IN AWASSI AND HAMDANI EWES [PDF]
Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture, 2011 This study included two flocks of Awassi (106) and Hamdani (73) ewes belongs to the Animal Resources Department College of Agriculture and Forestry at Mosul University.
Nazar T. Taha
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EFFECT OF BREED, BODY CONDITION SCORE AND AGE ON SOME ECONOMIC TRAITS OF LOCAL FLOCKS EWES [PDF]
Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture, 2017 This study aimed to estimate the effect of breed, Body Condition Score (BCS) and age on some economic traitsof local flock’s ewes. The ewes studied in the present investigation represent three local breeds (53 karadi, 44 Awassi and 47 Mamesh) bred in ...
Salim Raoof
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Phenotypic Correlations among Fleece Traits in Norduz and Karakas Sheep
, 2011 In this research, it was aimed to determine the phenotypic correlations among some physical traits of Norduz and Karakas sheep. Animal material was consisted from 2-6 years of age of breeding flocks of 50 Norduz and 50 Karakas ewes.
Askin Kor +17 more
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Erythrocyte potassium, sodium and glutathione concentrations and their relationship with reproduction, body weight and fleece weight traits in Awassi sheep [PDF]
, 2008 . Relationship between erythrocyte potassium (Ke), erythrocyte sodium (Nae) and blood glutathione (GSH) concentrations and production/ reproduction traits were investigated in Awassi sheep.
C. Duygu Udum +4 more
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Heritability estimates of methane emissions from sheep
Animal, 2013 The objective of this study was to determine the genetic parameters of methane (CH4) emissions and their genetic correlations with key production traits.
C.S. Pinares-Patiño +11 more
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The Effect of Integrating Genomic Information into Genetic Evaluations of Chinese Merino Sheep
Animals, 2020 Genomic evaluations are a method for improving the accuracy of breeding value estimation. This study aimed to compare estimates of genetic parameters and the accuracy of breeding values for wool traits in Merino sheep between pedigree-based best linear ...
Chen Wei +14 more
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