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    PHENOTYPIC AND MOLECULAR GENETIC STUDIES ON DRAUGHTABILITY IN UMBLACHERY CATTLE OF TAMIL NADU
    (2016) KOUSALYA DEVI M; TANUVAS; Karthickeyan SMK; Sivaselvam SN; Tirumurugan KG
    Draught Animal Power (DAP) is one of the sustainable and renewable resources of energy. At present, even after mechanization of agriculture, 55 per cent of the total cultivable area is ploughed by draught animals. Yet, draughtability traits are the most neglected traits. Hence, this study was undertaken to assess the draughtability potential of Umblachery breed of cattle besides recording phenotypic performance and to associate the polymorphism in six candidate genes viz. Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE), Adrenergic beta 2 receptor (ADRB2), Bradykinin beta 2 receptor (BDKRB2), Glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPX-1), Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and Vasculo endothelial factor alpha (VEGFA) with draughtability traits.