DIRECT AND MATERNAL GENETIC COMPONENTS OF VARIANCE FOR GROWTH TRAITS IN NILAGIRI AND SANDYNO SHEEP OF SOUTH INDIA

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dc.contributor.authorVenkataramanan, R.
dc.contributor.authorSubramanian, A.
dc.contributor.authorSivaselvam, S.N.
dc.contributor.authorSivakumar, T.
dc.contributor.authorSreekumar, C.
dc.contributor.authorIyue, M.
dc.contributor.authorTANUVAS
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-25T10:07:05Z
dc.date.available2018-07-25T10:07:05Z
dc.date.issued2015-10
dc.descriptionTNV_IJSR_2015_21(2)204-210en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Nilagiri sheep is known for its prolificacy and adaptability to high altitudes of the Nilgiri hills. This breed was crossed with exotic sheep such as Rambouillet and Merino to develop a new synthetic sheep called Sandyno at Sheep Breeding Research Station, Sandynallah (Tamil Nadu). Both these breeds have been maintained as closed flocks in this station and growth data from 1992 to 2011 were utilized to estimate direct and maternal genetic (co)variance components for various growth traits viz., weight at birth (BW), 3 (3W), 6 (6W), 9 (9W), 12 (12W) and 18 (18W) months of age.An animal model including maternal effects was used to obtain restricted maximum likelihood estimates of (co)variances. The h values for BW, 3W, 6W, 9W, 12W and 18W were 0.140, 0.130, 0.074, 0.168, 0.129 and 0.166, respectively in Nilagiri sheep and 0.147, 0.114, 0.098, 0.141, 0.144 and 0.115 in Sandyno sheep. In Nilagiri sheep, maternal influence was significant (P<0.05) forBW, 3W, 6W and 9W and the maternal heritability values for the traits were 0.211, 0.050, 0.126 and 0.098, respectively. In Sandyno sheep, the maternal heritability values were significant (P<0.05) for BW, 3W, 6W, 9W and 18W with values of 0.285, 0.035, 0.054, 0.058 and 0.110, respectively.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810061978
dc.keywords(co)Variance, Growth, Inbreeding, Maternal effect, Nilagiri sheepen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages204-210en_US
dc.publisherIndian Society for Sheep and Goat Production and Utilizationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;2
dc.subjectVeterinary Scienceen_US
dc.titleDIRECT AND MATERNAL GENETIC COMPONENTS OF VARIANCE FOR GROWTH TRAITS IN NILAGIRI AND SANDYNO SHEEP OF SOUTH INDIAen_US
dc.title.alternativeIndian Journal of Small Ruminantsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.volume21en_US
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