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Genetic and phenotypic parameters of body weights in Bikaneri sheep (Magra strain)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

S. C. Chopra  and
R. M. Acharya
S. C. Chopra
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Breeding, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar (Haryand), India
R. M. Acharya
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Breeding, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar (Haryand), India
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Summary

Heritabilities of birth, weaning, 6-month and yearling weights adjusted for significant non-genetic factors and obtained from half-sib correlations were 0·10±0·03, 0·22±0·05, 0·37±0·09 and 0·48±0·07 respectively. Genetic correlations of birth weight with later weights were small and negative except with weaning weight. Genetic correlations among other weights were large and positive. The phenotypic correlations among these weights were positive and statistically highly significant.

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Animal Production , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , May 1971 , pp. 343 - 347
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1971

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