Tarekegn, Getinet Mekuriaw
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Bahir Dar University
Abstract
Ethiopia has huge livestock resource, but poor in their productivity. It stated national small ruminant breeding policy and strategy focused on genetic improvement. This is intended to design appropriate breeding programs based on the indigenous breeds status. Study of phenotypic variation is among the prerequisite activities of genetic improvement that is limited in this study area. The objective of this study was to describe morphological characteristics and variations of goat populations in the Central zone of Tigray. Qualitative and quantitative data of 403 young to matured goats (326 lactating does and 77 bucks) were used to analyze by frequency procedure, GLM procedure, Pearson correlation, and multivariate analysis of SAS version 9.4. The study revealed that goats in Adwa district were distinct in coat colors and pattern, horn shape, ear orientation, head profile and ruff, significantly heavier (p
Keywords
body weight; goat; linear measurements; morphology
Published in
Tropical animal science journal
2019, volume: 42, number: 2, pages: 81-89
Publisher: BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIV, FAC ANIMAL SCIENCE
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Animal and Dairy Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5398/tasj.2019.42.2.81
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/105531