Systematic factors and individual variation affecting litter size of Boer and Jawarandu goat cross

Agustin, N. K. and Nugroho, T. and Setiaji, R. and Prastowo, S. and Widyas, N. (2021) Systematic factors and individual variation affecting litter size of Boer and Jawarandu goat cross. In: The 1st International Conference on Livestock in Tropical Environment (ICLiTE-1).

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Abstract

We studied the systematic factors and individual variation affecting litter size in the crossbreds between Boer and Jawarandu goat. The data were obtained from the records of litter size of Boerja goats from 2012 to 2015. The systematic factors consisted of season and year of birth, doe breeds and the kid's sex; along with individual data including pedigree, date of birth, and parental breeds. The data consisted of 107 Boer does, 687 Jawarandu does, and 495 Boerja does with a total of 3804 kids. A linear model was developed to account the effect of systematic factors on litter size of Boerja goats. Later, a mixed model was solved with Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML) method to estimate the individual variations on litter size. The results showed that litter size trait in goat was influenced by doe breed (P<0.05). Individual variation of this trait was also high (46). Based on this research, it can be concluded that litter size of Boer goats and their crosses were affected by the doe's breed with high individual variation. Doe's selection is potential to improve liter size in goat crossbred population in the future.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information: Library Dosen
Subjects: S Agriculture > SF Animal culture
Divisions: Faculty of Animal Sciences > Department of Animal Breeding and Reproduction
Depositing User: Sri JUNANDI
Date Deposited: 03 Oct 2024 03:00
Last Modified: 03 Oct 2024 03:00
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/5067

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