N. Kosum
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University,
35100 Bornova, izmir, Turkey
T. Taskin
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University,
35100 Bornova, izmir, Turkey
Y. Akbas
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University,
35100 Bornova, izmir, Turkey
M. Kaymakci
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University,
35100 Bornova, izmir, Turkey
ABSTRACT
Heritabilities for birth and weaning weight of 127 Saanen, 140 Bornova and 80 Saanen x Kilis crossbred kept in the Experimental Farm of Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey were estimated. Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML) technique was used to estimate variance components. Heritabilities for birth and weaning weight were 0.43 and 0.05, respectively.
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N. Kosum, T. Taskin, Y. Akbas and M. Kaymakci, 2004. Heritability Estimates of Birth and Weaning Weights in Saanen, Bornova and Saanen x Kilis Goats. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 7: 1963-1966.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2004.1963.1966
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2004.1963.1966
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2004.1963.1966
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2004.1963.1966
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