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Provedor de dados: | Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
País: | Brazil
Título: | Morphological measurements and body indices for Cuban Creole goats and their crossbreds
Autores: | Chacón,Edilberto; Macedo,Fernando; Velázquez,Francisco; Paiva,Samuel Rezende; Pineda,Eliecer; McManus,Concepta.
Data: | 2011-08-01
Ano: | 2011
Palavras-chave: | Animal genetic resources; Capra hircus; Conservation.
Resumo: | In this work, linear body measures were taken and production indices calculated for 100 Cuban Creole goats and 100 crossbred goats in order to aid in the characterization of animal genetic resources in Cuba. Low variation was found for all indices of the Creole goats, showing homogeneity between the groups of animals studied. Most of the functional indices are related to the milk biotype which is in agreement the possible origin of the breed from animals of the Iberian Peninsula and Canary Islands. The crossbreds were more varied, mostly due to undesigned disorganized crossing. These data may help in identifying a commercial niche for the breed and contribute to in situ conservation of the Cuban Creole goat.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982011000800007
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
Relação: | 10.1590/S1516-35982011000800007
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia  v.40 n.8 2011
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess