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

Erol H., ÜNAL N., Unal M., Akcadag H. I.

ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.61, sa.3, ss.211-216, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 61 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1501/vetfak_0000002631
  • Dergi Adı: ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.211-216
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Angora goat, gen resource, growth, mohair quality, mohair production, reproduction, survival rate
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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 pm 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.