Estimating non-genetic and genetic parameters of pre-weaning growth traits in Raini Cashmere goat |
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| Authors: | Barazandeh Arsalan Moghbeli Sadrollah Molaei Vatankhah Mahmood Mohammadabadi Mohammadreza |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Animal Science, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Iran;(2) Department of Animal Science, Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center, Shahrekord, Iran;(3) Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran; |
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| Abstract: | Data and pedigree information used in the present study were 3,022 records of kids obtained from the breeding station of Raini
goat. The studied traits were birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), average daily gain from birth to weaning (ADG) and Kleiber
ratio at weaning (KR). The model included the fixed effects of sex of kid, type of birth, age of dam, year of birth, month
of birth, and age of kid (days) as covariate that had significant effects, and random effects direct additive genetic, maternal
additive genetic, maternal permanent environmental effects and residual. (Co) variance components were estimated using univariate
and multivariate analysis by WOMBAT software applying four animal models including and ignoring maternal effects. Likelihood
ratio test used to determine the most appropriate models. Heritability
( \texth\texta2 ) \left( {{\text{h}}_{\text{a}}^2} \right) estimates for BW, WW, ADG, and KR according to suitable model were 0.12 ± 0.05, 0.08 ± 0.06, 0.10 ± 0.06, and 0.06 ± 0.05,
respectively. Estimates of the proportion of maternal permanent environmental effect to phenotypic variance (c
2) were 0.17 ± 0.03, 0.07 ± 0.03, and 0.07 ± 0.03 for BW, WW, and ADG, respectively. Genetic correlations among traits were
positive and ranged from 0.53 (BW-ADG) to 1.00 (WW-ADG, WW-KR, and ADG-KR). The maternal permanent environmental correlations
between BW-WW, BW-ADG, and WW-ADG were 0.54, 0.48, and 0.99, respectively. Results indicated that maternal effects, especially
maternal permanent environmental effects are an important source of variation in pre-weaning growth trait and ignoring those
in the model redound incorrect genetic evaluation of kids. |
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