GENETIC PARAMETERS OF LITTER TRAITS OF ACCLIMATIZED NEW-ZEALAND WHITE RABBITS IN EGYPT
Last updated: 03 Jan 2025
10.21608/epsj.2022.278543
The repeatability multi-trait animal model procedure (MTDFREML) was used to analyze 93 litters born to 36 does with pedigrees from 9 sires and 13 dams. Litter weight traits (LW), which included (litter weight at birth, LWB, litter weight at 21 days, LW21, litter weight at weaning, LWW) and litter weight gain (LWG) were (litter weight gain from birth to 21 days, LWGB_21, litter weight gain from birth to weaning, LWGB_W, litter weight gain from 21 days to weaning LWG21_W) on New-Zealand White (NZW) rabbits does for two consecutive years. Heritability estimates (h2a) of LW were low to moderate ranging from 0.13 to 0.18. While h2a for LWG traits ranged from 0.09 to 0., LWGB_W and LWG21_W traits, respectively. In addition, the percentages of positive breeding values estimated ranged from 48.7 to 69.2% for LW and from 29.0 to 73.1% for LWG traits. The epigenetic trend of litter traits (LWW and LWG) for NZW does prope
Mahmoud
Gharib
Gharib
Animal Production Research Institute (APRI),
mghreeb95@yahoo.com
cairo
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Egyptian Poultry Science Journal
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GENETIC PARAMETERS OF LITTER TRAITS OF ACCLIMATIZED NEW-ZEALAND WHITE RABBITS IN EGYPT
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