PHENOTYPIC AND MOLECULAR GENETIC STUDIES ON DRAUGHTABILITY IN UMBLACHERY CATTLE OF TAMIL NADU
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2016
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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.