Genetic parameters for growth performance of the Malaysian local goats and their crossbreds with the German (improved) Fawn goats

Growth performance data of the local goats of Malaysia and their crossbreds with the German (Improved) Fawn goats were analysed using animal models with maternal effects, in order to estimate additive genetic and crossbreeding parameters. Two different genetic models, the Dickerson (1969, 1973) mode...

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Main Authors: Hirooka, H., Mukherjee, T. K., Panandam, J. M., Horst, P.
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 1997
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author Hirooka, H.
Mukherjee, T. K.
Panandam, J. M.
Horst, P.
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Mukherjee, T. K.
Panandam, J. M.
Horst, P.
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description Growth performance data of the local goats of Malaysia and their crossbreds with the German (Improved) Fawn goats were analysed using animal models with maternal effects, in order to estimate additive genetic and crossbreeding parameters. Two different genetic models, the Dickerson (1969, 1973) model and the Kinghorn (1980, 1983) model, were used to estimate crossbreeding parameters. Coefficients of additive breed, heterosis (dominance), and recombination (epistatic) loss were fitted in the animal models as covariates. In general, the individual breed effects for birth, 6-month, and 9-month weights, and maternal breed effects for traits until weaning, were significant, indicating large differences for growth performance between the German Fawn and the local breeds. Heterosis effects by the Dickerson model were small and non-significant, while dominance effects by the Kinghorn model, for some of traits, were large and significant. Highly significant individual recombination loss effects by the Dickerson model, and epistatic loss effects by the Kinghorn model, were obtained for birth and 9-month weights. The estimates of total heritability by an animal model incorporating maternal effects were moderate (0.18–0.35). The differences between heritabilities, estimated by different genetic models (the Dickerson model vs. the Kinghorn model), were small.
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spelling upm-1118882025-03-12T07:05:31Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/111888/ Genetic parameters for growth performance of the Malaysian local goats and their crossbreds with the German (improved) Fawn goats Hirooka, H. Mukherjee, T. K. Panandam, J. M. Horst, P. Growth performance data of the local goats of Malaysia and their crossbreds with the German (Improved) Fawn goats were analysed using animal models with maternal effects, in order to estimate additive genetic and crossbreeding parameters. Two different genetic models, the Dickerson (1969, 1973) model and the Kinghorn (1980, 1983) model, were used to estimate crossbreeding parameters. Coefficients of additive breed, heterosis (dominance), and recombination (epistatic) loss were fitted in the animal models as covariates. In general, the individual breed effects for birth, 6-month, and 9-month weights, and maternal breed effects for traits until weaning, were significant, indicating large differences for growth performance between the German Fawn and the local breeds. Heterosis effects by the Dickerson model were small and non-significant, while dominance effects by the Kinghorn model, for some of traits, were large and significant. Highly significant individual recombination loss effects by the Dickerson model, and epistatic loss effects by the Kinghorn model, were obtained for birth and 9-month weights. The estimates of total heritability by an animal model incorporating maternal effects were moderate (0.18–0.35). The differences between heritabilities, estimated by different genetic models (the Dickerson model vs. the Kinghorn model), were small. Wiley 1997 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/111888/3/111888.pdf Hirooka, H. and Mukherjee, T. K. and Panandam, J. M. and Horst, P. (1997) Genetic parameters for growth performance of the Malaysian local goats and their crossbreds with the German (improved) Fawn goats. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 114 (1-6). pp. 191-199. ISSN 0931-2668; eISSN: 1439-0388 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0388.1997.tb00505.x 10.1111/j.1439-0388.1997.tb00505.x
spellingShingle Hirooka, H.
Mukherjee, T. K.
Panandam, J. M.
Horst, P.
Genetic parameters for growth performance of the Malaysian local goats and their crossbreds with the German (improved) Fawn goats
title Genetic parameters for growth performance of the Malaysian local goats and their crossbreds with the German (improved) Fawn goats
title_full Genetic parameters for growth performance of the Malaysian local goats and their crossbreds with the German (improved) Fawn goats
title_fullStr Genetic parameters for growth performance of the Malaysian local goats and their crossbreds with the German (improved) Fawn goats
title_full_unstemmed Genetic parameters for growth performance of the Malaysian local goats and their crossbreds with the German (improved) Fawn goats
title_short Genetic parameters for growth performance of the Malaysian local goats and their crossbreds with the German (improved) Fawn goats
title_sort genetic parameters for growth performance of the malaysian local goats and their crossbreds with the german (improved) fawn goats
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