Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 1
Written by Mircea Cătălin ROTAR, Rodica Ștefania PELMUȘ, Mihail Alexandru GRAS, Cristina VAN
The objective of this study was to estimate the breeding values and genetic parameters for milk yield in population of Țurcana breed and wool yield with animal model for selection. Data for milk yield consisted of records of 315 sheep and for wool yield records of 431 young sheep aged one year from Dacia County Association of sheep breeders. The mean for milk yield in milking period from sheep was 59±0.816 kg. The mean for wool yield for young sheep was 3.95±0.03kg. The studied population for milk yield of Turcana breed had two variety: Belă, 228 ewes with records and Brează, 87 ewes with records. For wool yield the young sheep were 271 from Belă variety and 160 from Breaza variety. The breeding values for milk yield in milked period for sheep with records were between -3.56 and 5.55 and ranged between -5.65 and 5.55 in Ţurcana population. The breeding values for wool production ranged between -0.412 and 0.631. The heritability for milk yield in milking period for Țurcana population was 0.21. The heritability for wool production was 0.34.
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