Recording birth weight has no significance in village based genetic improvement programs of small ruminants
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Temesgen Jembere, Kefelegn Kebede, Barbara Rischkowsky, Aynalem Haile, Ally Okeyo Mwai, Tadelle Dessie. (1/8/2016). Recording birth weight has no significance in village based genetic improvement programs of small ruminants. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 28 (8).
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The present study was conducted to justify that keeping birth weight (BWT) records have little or no significance in genetic improvements of market or adult weights of small ruminants while implementation of community based breeding program (CBBP). Analyses of Pearson correlations ("r") between BWT and six month (6MW), BWT and nine month weight (9MW), three month weight (3MW) and 6MW and 3MW and 9MW were conducted for three indigenous Ethiopian goat breeds, namely Abergelle (AB), Central Highland (CH) and Woyto-Guji (WG).
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Rischkowsky, Barbara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0035-471X
Haile, Aynalem https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5914-0487
Mwai, Ally Okeyo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2379-7801
Dessie, Tadelle https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1630-0417
Haile, Aynalem https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5914-0487
Mwai, Ally Okeyo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2379-7801
Dessie, Tadelle https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1630-0417