scholarly journals New parameters of lifetime assessment of meat productivity of Dzhalginskiy merino sheep

2021 ◽  
Vol 207 (04) ◽  
pp. 74-84
Author(s):  
A. Krivoruchko ◽  
O. Yacyk
Keyword(s):  
Phenotypic Variability ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Daily Weight Gain ◽  
Lumbar Region ◽  
Merino Sheep ◽  
Hind Limbs ◽  
Femoral Muscle ◽  
Muscle Groups ◽  
Productivity Indicators ◽  
Meat Productivity

Abstract. For breeding work in order to increase productivity indicators in sheep, it is necessary to use the most informative exterior parameters. This dictates the need to develop new approaches to assessing phenotypic parameters. Purpose. Development of new parameters for live assessment of meat productivity of sheep of the Dzhalginskiy merino breed and study of their significance using the method of principal components. Scientific novelty. We have proposed several new parameters for the lifetime assessment of the parameters of meat productivity and studied the possibility of their use in sheep of the Dzhalginskiy merino breed. Methods. The possibility was studied for life determination of the size of individual muscle groups using such parameters as the girth of the shoulder, forearm and thigh by instrumental methods, as well as measuring the parameters of the muscle eye, the thickness of the femoral muscle and fat using ultrasound. To assess the significance of the proposed parameters, in comparison with those used in existing practice, we applied the principal component method and correlation analysis. Results. Five main components have been established, which determine 70, 3% of the total phenotypic variability in sheep of the Dzhalginskiy merino breed. They characterize the size of the forelimbs, the size of the chest, the parameters of the muscular eye, the size of the hind limbs and the thickness of fat in the lumbar region. The parameters of the shoulder, forearm and hip girth we proposed showed high significance in the calculation of the components. The thickness of the femoral muscle was found to be of little significance. It was also found that most of the measurements used do not reliably correlate with each other. High positive significant correlations were found only between body weight and average daily weight gain, thickness and width of the muscle eye, shoulder girth and height at the sacrum. Thus, we have found that for the phenotypic assessment of the Dzhalginskiy merino sheep, it is advisable to use the girth of the shoulder, forearm and thigh as additional parameters.

scholarly journals Principal component analysis for evaluating a ranking method used in the performance testing in sheep of Morada Nova breed

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 3909
Author(s):  
Michelle Santos da Silva ◽  
Luciana Shiotsuki ◽  
Raimundo Nonato Braga Lôbo ◽  
Olivardo Facó
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Performance Testing ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Component Analysis ◽  
Ranking Method ◽  
Daily Weight Gain ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Body Depth

A multivariate approach was adopted to evaluate the relationship among traits measured in the performance testing of Morada Nova sheep, verify the efficiency of a ranking method used in these tests and identify the most significant traits for use in future analyses. Data from 150 young rams participating in five versions of the performance tests for the Morada Nova breed were used. Twenty traits were measured in each animal: initial weight (IW), final weight (FW), average daily weight gain (ADG), loin eye area (LEA), scrotal circumference (SC), fat thickness (FT), conformation (C), precocity (Pc), muscularity (M), breed features (BF), legs (L), withers height (WH), chest width (CW), rump height (RH), rump width (RW), rump length (RL), body length (BL), body depth (BD), heart girth (HG) and body condition scoring (BCS). The Pearson’s correlation coefficients ranged from –0.10 to 0.93, with the highest correlations were between body weight variables and morphometric measurements. The three first principal components explained 72.28% of the total variability among all traits. The variables related to animal size defined the first principal component, whereas those related to visual appraisal and suitability for meat production defined the second and third principal components, respectively. The combination of traits from the principal component analysis showed that the ranking method currently used in the performance testing of Morada Nova sheep is efficient for selecting larger rams with better breed features and higher degrees of specialization for meat production.

scholarly journals Effect of the bovine TG5 gene polymorphism on milk- and meat-producing ability

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 2046-2052
Author(s):  
I. Dolmatova ◽  
T. Sedykh ◽  
F. Valitov ◽  
R. Gizatullin ◽  
D. Khaziev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Polymorphism ◽  
Fat Metabolism ◽  
Fat Content ◽  
Milk Productivity ◽  
Clear Trend ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Republic Of Bashkortostan ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Productivity Indicators ◽  
Meat Productivity

Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of thyroglobulin (TG5) gene polymorphism on milk and meat productivity in the various cattle breeds currently bred in the Republic of Bashkortostan. Materials and Methods: The test was performed on dairy cattle of Black-and-White, Bestuzhev, and Simmental breeds, and meat cattle of Hereford and limousine breeds. The purpose of the test was to search for associations between the polymorphic alleles of the thyroglobulin (TG5) gene and economically useful traits. Results: All studied breeds showed a frequency predominance of the TG5C allele (from 0.56 to 0.71). A clear trend of an effect of the genotypes of the TG5 gene on milk-productivity indicators was revealed; cows with the TG5TT genotype have the highest milk yield and fat content in milk. The milk of cows of Bestuzhev and Simmental breeds that possessed this genotype was also characterized by higher protein content. Conclusion: We identified an effect of the polymorphism of the TG5 gene in the Hereford and limousine breeds on fat metabolism intensity indicators, such as fat output and fat content, in the longissimus muscle and in the general sample of ground beef.

scholarly journals COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF FARMING RAMS BREEDING VALUE RELATED TO DIFFERENT GENOTYPES

2020 ◽  
pp. 137-148
Author(s):  
Ivan Pomitun ◽  
Nadezhda Kosova ◽  
Igor Korkh ◽  
Lubov Pankiv ◽  
Natalia Boyko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Live Weight ◽  
Breeding Value ◽  
Daily Growth ◽  
Reproductive Ability ◽  
Individual Traits ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Productivity Indicators ◽  
Meat Productivity ◽  
Breed Sheep

The results of evaluating the breeding value of rams of different genotypes by a wide range of productivity indicators of their descendants are presented. Tribal rams of the Kharkov interbreed type of Prekos breed of 2-3 years of age, as well as crosses from the introductory crossing of Prekos sheep with the Romanov breed and Merinolandsheep, were evaluated. The resulting offspring were grown under the conditions of one production flock. The evaluation considered the indicators of the reproductive ability of ewes, sex and type of birth of the offspring, the safety of lambs from birth to 20 days of age, the dynamics of the average daily growth of daughters in the uterus and at the age of birth to 20 days and from 21 to 90 days, live weight indicators were considered, cutting and length of hair of daughters at the age of 14 months. Studies have established that the average yield of lambs throughout the sample was 115.3 % per 100 ewes, with significant differences between the estimated producers - from 105.1 to 131.3 %. This indicator did not have a definite relationship with the genotype of the estimated sheep. Among the offspring of all rams, males slightly prevail over females in the ratio of 1.09 to 1. This advantage is due to the large number of rams born among same-sex twins. Their part exceeded 28 %, while only 23.4 % turned out to be similar in type of birth. By the sum of the ranks that were put to individual sheep for the indicators of the average daily growth of daughters at different periods of their growth, the best cross-breed sheep No. 1625 and No. 9953 are distinguished. On the whole, there is a fairly clear tendency for a positive relationship between the ranks for the growth rate in the embryonic period and the same indicator for posterity aged 21-90 days. According to both the ranking and the probity-based evaluation results, ram No. 1625 (a created line based on crossing with the Romanov breed) is assigned to complex improvers. The rest topping ram out to be improvers of individual traits, and the producer of the breed Prekos No. 1823 was an improvement in production of wool and length of staple. Ram No. 1960 turned out to be a complex deteriorator in the quality of offspring. The descendants of rams No. 4464 and 9953, derived from the breed of Merino landscape, reliably (p≤0.01), by 18.6-20.8 % in terms of wool coefficients, are inferior to the daughters of ram No. 1823, breed Prekos, which is an unconditional evidence of the strengthening of their characters meat productivity over wool one.

scholarly journals Profils morpho-biometriques de la poule locale du Burkina Faso

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 2240-2256
Author(s):  
S. Pinde ◽  
A.S.R. Tapsoba ◽  
M. Sanou ◽  
F.G. Traore ◽  
R.W. Ouedraogo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Phenotypic Variability ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Phenotypic Characterization ◽  
Accurate Identification ◽  
Ecological Zones ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Dimorphisme Sexuel ◽  
Rational Management ◽  
Agro Ecological Zones

Au Burkina Faso les informations sur la poule locale sont rares entrainant des difficultés objectives de son exploitation rationnelle. Un total de 948 individus (692 femelles et 256 mâles) provenant de 251 élevages reparties dans les 3 zones agro-écologiques du Burkina Faso a été évalué pour 13 traits corporels quantitatifs et 09 qualitatifs dans le but de caractériser la variabilité phénotypique de la poule locale. Il ressort 13 coloris de plumage avec le blanc (19,16%) et l’herminé (16,75%) comme couleurs dominantes. Le site et le sexe ont eu une influence (p<0,05) sur les traits corporels analysés. L’Analyse en Composante Principale révèle l’existence de 2 sous-populations: une souche légère de petit gabarit (0,91 kg) dans les trois zones agro-écologiques et une souche lourde de grand gabarit (1,37 kg) dans les zones soudano-sahélienne et soudanienne, laissant présager des différences d’adaptation liées aux facteurs environnementaux. Un dimorphisme sexuel en faveur des mâles a été observé au niveau du poids vif moyen (1,64 kg vs 1,14 kg), de la longueur du corps (42,16 cm vs 37,30 cm) et du périmètre thoracique (29,01 cm vs 25,96 cm). Les résultats rapportés dans cette étude serviront de base pour l’élaboration de programmes de développement basés sur une exploitation rationnelle de la poule locale.Mots clés : Caractérisation phénotypique, poules locales, zones agro-écologiques, Burkina Faso.   In Burkina Faso, information on poultry genetic resources is scarce and this scenario does not allow an accurate identification and management strategy for this species. A total of 948 individuals (692 females and 256 males) belonging to 251 different household, accros the 3 agro-ecological zones of Burkina Faso have been assessed for 13 quantitative traits and 9 qualitative traits in order to characterize phenotypic variability of local poultry. The most frequent plumage colors are white (19.16%) and hermine (16.75%) out of 13 different coulors identified. The site and the sex of the individuals had a statistically significant influence (P <0.05) on the 13 body measurements analyzed. Principal Component Analysis reveals the existence of 2 subpopulations in the 3 agro-ecological zones, a light hen with small size (0.91 kg) and a heavy and large size hen (1.37 kg), almost encountered in Sudan-Sahel and Sudan areas, suggesting differences in adaptation due to environmental factors. A sexual dimorphism was observed in favor of the males considering bodyweight (1,64 kg vs 1,14 kg), body length (42.16 cm vs 37.30 cm) and the Heart girth (29.01 cm vs 25.96 cm for females). The results reported in the current study will be useful for the establishment of breeding programme based on rational management of local poultry in Burkina Faso.Keywords : Phenotypic characterization, local hens, agro-ecological zones, Burkina Faso.  

The Functional and Phylogenetic Implications of the Myology of the Lumbar Region, Tail, and Hind Limbs of the Lesser Grison (Galictis cuja)

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos D. Ercoli ◽  
Sebastián Echarri ◽  
Felipe Busker ◽  
Alicia Álvarez ◽  
Miriam M. Morales ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lumbar Region ◽  
Hind Limbs ◽  
Phylogenetic Implications

Muscle growth and distribution of muscle weight in Clun and Southdown sheep

1987 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. W. Butler-Hogg ◽  
O. P. Whelehan
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Growth ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Allometric Equation ◽  
Anatomical Location ◽  
Muscle Weight ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Relative Growth Rates ◽  
Fat Depots ◽  
Muscle Groups ◽  
Total Muscle

ABSTRACTA total of 56 sheep, 28 Clun and 28 Southdown were slaughtered, five of each breed, at birth, 50, 100, 150 and 200 days and three of each breed at 415 days of age. The left half of each carcass was separated anatomically into individual muscles, bones and fat depots. For the purposes of analysis, individual muscles were assigned to one of eight muscle groups, depending upon their anatomical location.The relative growth of some individual muscles was found to change over this age range, as indicated by a significant squared term in the quadratic allometric equation: this was true for proportionately 0·33 of the muscles in Clun and for proportionately 0·44 of those in Southdown, accounting for proportionately 0·33 and 0·47 of total muscle weight in Clun and Southdown respectively.Principal components analysis (PCA) was used to derive the multivariate analogue of the quadratic part of quadratic allometry: the sign of the loading on the second principal component had the same sign as the change observed in bq, the quadratic relative growth coefficient. Thus, PCA offers the potential to identify simultaneously, and independently of shape or conformation, all those muscles whose relative growth coefficients change over the period examined. It could be applied successfully to breed comparisons of conformation.The cumulative effects of changing relative growth rates of muscles were small. Muscle weight distribution appears to be almost fixed within the first few weeks after birth. Despite their differences in conformation and mature size, Clun and Southdown lambs had similar distributions of muscle weight at the same age; the high valued muscles constituted 513·8 g/kg total muscle in Clun and 514·7 g/kg total muscle in Southdown lambs at 200 days of age.

Chemical fat in the musculature of the sheep carcass

1973 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Pryor ◽  
G. H. Warren
Keyword(s):  
Hind Limb ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Fat Content ◽  
Muscle Group ◽  
Intercostal Muscle ◽  
Merino Sheep ◽  
Acid Lactone ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Muscle Groups

SummaryForty merino sheep of mixed ages including lambs, ewes, wethers and rams were slaughtered and dissected. The chemical fat content often muscle groups in each sheep was measured directly and the mean value for the musculature of the whole carcass calculated.A characteristic pattern of chemical fat deposition was shown with the intercostal muscle group and the abdominal group being consistently highest in fat content, the shin and hind-limb muscles lowest and other intermediate. The pattern of growth of intramviscular fat was consistent with differences in activity of the muscle groups in the maintenance of posture. It was postulated that variations in fat content in muscle groups are affected by differences in blood flow.A highly significant relationship was established between dry matter and chemical fat content for each of the muscle groups. The regression was characteristic for each muscle group, and differed for most groups.Regressions between individual muscle group fat and that of total musculature fat revealed that no group was consistently the best predictor of the total carcass musculature fat though there was considerable difference between the groups. It was concluded there is no group which could be used for prediction purposes commercially.In a group of 14 other ewes subjected to weight loss up to 30%, and half of which were implanted with resorcylic acid lactone, no discernible effects on muscle group fat content were revealed.

scholarly journals Combining High Yields and Blast Resistance in Rice (Oryza spp.): A Screening under Upland and Lowland Conditions in Benin

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 2500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Octaviano Yelome ◽  
Kris Audenaert ◽  
Sofie Landschoot ◽  
Alexandre Dansi ◽  
Wouter Vanhove ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Blast Resistance ◽  
Phenotypic Variability ◽  
Screening Method ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Yield Potential ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Cycle Duration ◽  
Early Screening ◽  
High Yield Potential

The future security of the supply of rice for food in Africa depends on improving the level of local production to achieve self-sufficiency. In order to cope with the existing gap between production and actual demand, combining a high level of rice blast tolerance and a high-yield potential is necessary. The current study was conducted under upland and lowland conditions in Benin to gain insight into the performance of selected blast-resistant accessions along with some currently grown varieties. This study revealed a high phenotypic variability among these accessions. Furthermore, differences in the performance of these accessions under lowland and upland conditions were observed. Principal component analysis showed their grouping in three clusters. The analysis also demonstrated a high yield potential among the blast-resistant rice accessions whether they were Oryza sativa or O. glaberrima. Furthermore, there was a significant correlation between yield and both spikelet fertility and growth cycle duration. In conclusion, the present study identified promising rice accessions for future breeding. High phenotypic variability in combination with interesting traits can help to develop new resilient varieties. Finally, when the traits correlate with yield, they can be used as markers for an early screening method for identifying promising accessions at an early stage.

scholarly journals Comprehensive phenotypic and statistical based analysis of foxtail millet (Setaria italic L.) lines for parental line selection

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 1736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra Sekhar Akila ◽  
Palakurthi Ramesh ◽  
Gurulakshmi Kola ◽  
Mallikarjuna Gunti ◽  
Puli Chandra Obul Reddy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phenotypic Variability ◽  
Foxtail Millet ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Breeding Systems ◽  
Phenotypic Traits ◽  
Parental Line ◽  
Panicle Length ◽  
Pure Lines ◽  
Total Seed ◽  
Panicle Weight

Minor millets are the small-grained cereals that belong to family Poaceae, with local importance as a food source but are often called as underutilized plant species.   Foxtail millet is one among  the oldest cultivated small diploid, C4 Panicoid, with short life cycle, and inbreeding nature. The genetic diversity of the foxtail millet is important for breeding systems, geographical distribution studies, assist in conservation of genetic resources for high yielding varietal development in breeding programs, expansion of the genetic base and for identification of genes for various phenotypic traits. Keeping in view of this an attempt has made to develop pure lines from local farmers preserved populations and phenotypically characterize them along with four released cultivars.  A total of eleven farmers varieties and four released cultivars were evaluated for seven quantitative traits in complete random block desing at net house conditions.  The maximum coefficient of variation was observed for panicle exertion, followed by number of tillers/plant and panicle weight. High positive significant correlations was observed for Plant height, panicle length, panicle weight and total seed weight with other traits under study. Panicle exertion exhibit negative correlations with panicle length, panicle weight and no of tillers. The results of principal component analysis (PCA) explains variability of 95.43% in the fifteen genotypes for the traits under study that corresponds to first 4 eigen values with greater than 0.60.  The proportions of the total variance explained by the first 4 principal components (PCs) were 42.98%, 71.02%, 85.43% and 95.43% respectively. Wards method based genetic similarity or dissimilarity clustering based on seven morphological traits among the fifteen foxtail millet genotypes was able to separate and grouped them into 2 major clusters I and II.  The genetic and phenotypic variability present in the foxtail millet genotypes give opportunity for plant breeders for effective selection of specific donor lines for foxtail millet improvement.

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