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Estimates of genetic parameters for different body weights and muscle and fat depths of Karayaka lambs     
Yazarlar
Yüksel Aksoy
Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Zafer Ulutaş
Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Uğur Şen
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Emre ŞİRİN Prof. Dr. Emre ŞİRİN
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Aziz ŞAHİN Prof. Dr. Aziz ŞAHİN
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
In the current paper the direct additive and maternal genetic effects on birth, weaning (at 90 days of age), and scanning (at 20 weeks of age) weights and muscle and fat depths of the ribeye area in Karayaka lambs were investigated. Analyses were carried out by the restricted maximum likelihood approach, fitting 6 animal models with various combinations of direct and maternal effects. The best model was chosen after testing for improvement in the log-likelihood values. Direct heritability (h2d) for all traits decreased when maternal genetic effects were included in the models. The maternal heritability (h2m) ranged from 0.15 to 0.22 for birth weight, from 0.04 to 0.14 for weaning weight, and from 0.08 to 0.16 for scanning weight. The effects of h2m on muscle depth and fat depth of the ribeye area were not considered due to their insignificance. The permanent environmental effect of the dam was significant for birth, weaning, and scanning weights. Moderate negative genetic correlations (ram) between the direct and maternal genetic effects were observed, which were significant for birth ( 0.179 and 0.221), weaning ( 0.310 and 0.415), and scanning ( 0.116 and 0.141) weights. As a result, h2dand h2m can be used as selection criteria for birth, weaning, and scanning weights in Karayaka lambs.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Dergi ISSN 1300-0128
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 06-2016
Sayı 40
Sayfalar 13 / 20
Doi Numarası 10.3906/vet-1504-16