Letter to Editor

Important production traits of Angora goats reared under conservation as a gene resource

Volume: 61 Number: 3 September 1, 2014
  • Halil Erol
  • Necmettin Ünal
  • Murat Ünal
  • H. İbrahim Akçadağ
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Important production traits of Angora goats reared under conservation as a gene resource

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the important production traits of Angora goats reared under conservation as a gene resource. Ex situ in vivo or in situ in vivo livestock conservation as a gene resource involves pure breeding without any selection for produciton traits. The least squares means were 97.6% for oestrous rate; 87.8% for birth rate and 1.16 for litter size. The effects of year (p<0.01) and age of doe (p<0.001) on litter size were significant. The least squares means were 37.89±0.52 kg body weight after shearing; 2.54±0.04 kg for mohair production and 35.56±0.30 µm for fiber diameter. The effects of environmental factors investigated on the traits mentioned above were pronounced (p<0.05, p<0.001). Of the kids born alive, 93.1% survived to 90 days and 91.6% to 180 days. The least squares means for kids weights at birth and 90 days and 180 days were 2.68±0.02, 14.17±0.17 and 19.54±0.22 kg, respectively. The effects of gender, type of birth, age of doe and year on kids’ growth were generally significant with different levels (p<0.05, p<0.01, p<0.001). The results showed that important production traits of Angora goats kept under conservation as a gene resource at Livestock Central Research Institute were similar or higher than those of literature published before. So, this situation revealed that Angora goat herd where this research carried out has been conserved succesfully

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Veterinary Surgery

Journal Section

Letter to Editor

Authors

Halil Erol This is me

Necmettin Ünal This is me

Murat Ünal This is me

H. İbrahim Akçadağ This is me

Publication Date

September 1, 2014

Submission Date

September 1, 2014

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2014 Volume: 61 Number: 3

APA
Erol, H., Ünal, N., Ünal, M., & Akçadağ, H. İ. (2014). Important production traits of Angora goats reared under conservation as a gene resource. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, 61(3), 211-216. https://doi.org/10.1501/Vetfak_0000002631
AMA
1.Erol H, Ünal N, Ünal M, Akçadağ Hİ. Important production traits of Angora goats reared under conservation as a gene resource. Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg. 2014;61(3):211-216. doi:10.1501/Vetfak_0000002631
Chicago
Erol, Halil, Necmettin Ünal, Murat Ünal, and H. İbrahim Akçadağ. 2014. “Important Production Traits of Angora Goats Reared under Conservation As a Gene Resource”. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 61 (3): 211-16. https://doi.org/10.1501/Vetfak_0000002631.
EndNote
Erol H, Ünal N, Ünal M, Akçadağ Hİ (September 1, 2014) Important production traits of Angora goats reared under conservation as a gene resource. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 61 3 211–216.
IEEE
[1]H. Erol, N. Ünal, M. Ünal, and H. İ. Akçadağ, “Important production traits of Angora goats reared under conservation as a gene resource”, Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 211–216, Sept. 2014, doi: 10.1501/Vetfak_0000002631.
ISNAD
Erol, Halil - Ünal, Necmettin - Ünal, Murat - Akçadağ, H. İbrahim. “Important Production Traits of Angora Goats Reared under Conservation As a Gene Resource”. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 61/3 (September 1, 2014): 211-216. https://doi.org/10.1501/Vetfak_0000002631.
JAMA
1.Erol H, Ünal N, Ünal M, Akçadağ Hİ. Important production traits of Angora goats reared under conservation as a gene resource. Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg. 2014;61:211–216.
MLA
Erol, Halil, et al. “Important Production Traits of Angora Goats Reared under Conservation As a Gene Resource”. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 61, no. 3, Sept. 2014, pp. 211-6, doi:10.1501/Vetfak_0000002631.
Vancouver
1.Halil Erol, Necmettin Ünal, Murat Ünal, H. İbrahim Akçadağ. Important production traits of Angora goats reared under conservation as a gene resource. Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg. 2014 Sep. 1;61(3):211-6. doi:10.1501/Vetfak_0000002631

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