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Liu W, Lu Q, Tang S, Pu X, Wang Y, Wu C, Hu X, Hong W, Fu X. Comparison of different animal models for estimating genetic parameters for early growth traits and reproductive traits in Tianmu Sainuo sheep. Front Vet Sci 2024; 11:1349790. [PMID: 38818492 PMCID: PMC11137196 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1349790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
Abstract
As the economic level of individuals rises, so too does the demand for mutton. Enhancing the breeds of mutton sheep not only boosts production efficiency and economic benefits but also fosters the sustainable growth of the mutton sheep breeding industry. Thus, this study examines the early growth and reproductive traits of Tianmu Sainuo sheep, analyzing the genetic interactions among these traits to furnish a theoretical foundation for refining breeding strategies and expediting the genetic advancement of this breed. The investigation compiled 29,966 data entries, involving 111 sires for birth weight (BWT) and 113 for other metrics. The data encompassed 10,415 BWT records from 1,633 dams, 12,753 weaning weight (WWT) records from 1,570 dams, 12,793 average daily gain (ADG) records from 1,597 dams, and 13,594 litter size (LS) records from 1,499 dams. Utilizing the GLM procedure in SAS 9.2 software, the study analyzed the non-genetic influences on lamb BWT, WWT, ADG, and LS. Concurrently, DMU software estimated the variance components across various animal models for each trait. Employing the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) and likelihood ratio test (LRT), six models were tested, incorporating or excluding maternal inheritance and environmental impacts, to identify the optimal model for deriving genetic parameters. The findings reveal that birth year (BY), birth quarter (BQ), birth type (BT), age of mother (AM), and birth sex (BS) exerted significant impacts on BWT, WWT, and ADG (p < 0.01). Additionally, BQ and AM significantly influenced LS (p < 0.01). The most accurate genetic evaluation model determined the heritability of BWT, WWT, ADG, and LS to be 0.0695, 0.0849, 0.0777, and 0.1252, respectively.
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- Wenna Liu
- College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics Breeding and Reproduction of Xinjiang Wool-sheep & Cashmere-goat (XJYS1105), Institute of Animal Science, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Sciences, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics Breeding and Reproduction of Xinjiang Wool-sheep & Cashmere-goat (XJYS1105), Institute of Animal Science, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Sciences, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetic Breeding & Reproduction of Ministry of Agriculture, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics Breeding and Reproduction of Xinjiang Wool-sheep & Cashmere-goat (XJYS1105), Institute of Animal Science, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Sciences, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
- Key Laboratory of Special Species Conservation and Regulatory Biology, Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology in Arid Land, College of Life Science, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
- Key Laboratory of Genetics Breeding and Reproduction of Xinjiang Wool-sheep & Cashmere-goat (XJYS1105), Institute of Animal Science, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Sciences, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Special Species Conservation and Regulatory Biology, Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology in Arid Land, College of Life Science, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics Breeding and Reproduction of Xinjiang Wool-sheep & Cashmere-goat (XJYS1105), Institute of Animal Science, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Sciences, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- Zhejiang Sainuo Ecological Agriculture Company, Hangzhou, Lingan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics Breeding and Reproduction of Xinjiang Wool-sheep & Cashmere-goat (XJYS1105), Institute of Animal Science, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Sciences, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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Besufkad S, Goshme S, Bisrat A, Abebe A, Abebe A, Getachew T, Areaya A, Zewdie T, Gizaw S. Estimation of genetic parameters for growth traits and kleiber ratio in dorper sheep breed. Heliyon 2024; 10:e24971. [PMID: 38312652 PMCID: PMC10835326 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
Abstract
The study aimed to estimate genetic and phenotypic parameters for growth traits and Kleiber ratio in Dorper sheep breed. Data used in this study were collected over 12 years (2012-2023) at Debre Birhan Agricultural Research Center sheep research station in Ethiopia. Studied traits were body weights at birth (WT0), weaning (WT3), six month (WT6), and yearling (WT12) age; average daily gains from birth to weaning (ADG0-3), from weaning to six months (ADG3-6), from six months to yearling (ADG6-12); and Kleiber ratios from birth to weaning (KR1) and from weaning to six months (KR2). The (co)variance components were estimated with different animal models using Average Information Restricted Maximum Likelihood (AI-REML) procedure. The best-fitted model for each trait was determined using likelihood ratio tests. Phenotypic performance for WT3, WT6, WT12, ADG0-3 and ADG3-6 showed a decline trend at a rate of 0.216 kg, 0.794 kg, 0.671 kg, 2.601 g and 4.865 g over years respectively. However, WT3, WT6, WT12, ADG0-3 showed a positive genetic improvement trend at a rate of 0.029 kg, 0.043 kg, 0.049 kg and 0.257 g over years respectively. Year of birth had a significant effect (P < 0.001) on all studied traits. Model including direct genetic as well as permanent environmental effect (Model 2) was chosen as the most appropriate model for WT0. Model which included only direct genetic effect (Model 1) was the best-fit model for all other studied traits. Direct heritability estimates based on suitable models were 0.07 ± 0.06, 0.11 ± 0.06, 0.09 ± 0.07, 0.11 ± 0.09 0.11 ± 0.06, 0.00 ± 0.04, 0.15 ± 0.07 and 0.00 ± 0.04 for WT0, WT3, WT6, WT12, ADG0-3, ADG3-6, KR1 and KR2 respectively. The variance ratio for the permanent environmental effect was 0.13 ± 0.04 for WT0. Genetic correlations among the traits ranged from negative (-0.39) for WT0-KR1 to high (0.99) for WT3-ADG0-3 and phenotypic correlations ranged from negative (-0.31) for WT0-KR1 to high (0.98) for WT3-ADG0-3. The low direct heritability estimates for the studied traits indicated that genetic improvement by direct selection might be difficult. Further investigation for the unexpected declined trend of phenotypic performance over years need to be required.
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- Shanbel Besufkad
- Debre Birhan Agricultural Research Center, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia
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- Debre Birhan Agricultural Research Center, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia
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- Debre Birhan Agricultural Research Center, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia
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- Debre Birhan Agricultural Research Center, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia
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- Debre Birhan Agricultural Research Center, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia
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- International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Debre Birhan Agricultural Research Center, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia
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- Debre Birhan Agricultural Research Center, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia
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- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Koçak S, Çinkaya S, Tekerli M, Demirtaş M, Bozkurt Z, Çelikeloğlu K, Hacan Ö, Erdoğan M. Estimation of (Co) Variance Components and Genetic Parameters for Pre- and Post-Weaning Growth Traits in Dağlıç Sheep. Animals (Basel) 2023; 14:108. [PMID: 38200839 PMCID: PMC10777935 DOI: 10.3390/ani14010108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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The goal of this study was to estimate (co) variance components and genetic parameters for pre- and post-weaning growth traits in Dağlıç sheep, considering the direct additive genetic, maternal genetic, and maternal permanent environmental effects, with different statistical models. The information of 21,735 native Dağlıç lambs born between 2011 and 2021 was used to estimate (co) variance components by the Average Information-Restricted Maximum Likelihood algorithm. The results showed that the most suitable model was Model 3 for birth weight (BW), average daily gain (ADG), and weaning weight (WW). Model 4 was the most appropriate for weight at three (W3), weight at six (W6), and weight at twelve months of age (W12). The direct heritabilities for BW, W3, ADG, WW, W6, and W12 were 0.35 ± 0.02, 0.36 ± 0.03, 0.27 ± 0.02, 0.22 ± 0.02, 0.47 ± 0.05, and 0.47 ± 0.05, respectively. Genetic and phenotypic correlations amongst the traits were in the range of 0.103 ± 0.008 to 0.995 ± 0.002. These results can be used for the improvement of growth traits in the Dağlıç breed of sheep through selection.
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- Serdar Koçak
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar 03200, Türkiye; (M.T.); (M.D.); (Z.B.); (K.Ç.); (Ö.H.)
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar 03200, Türkiye; (M.T.); (M.D.); (Z.B.); (K.Ç.); (Ö.H.)
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar 03200, Türkiye; (M.T.); (M.D.); (Z.B.); (K.Ç.); (Ö.H.)
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar 03200, Türkiye; (M.T.); (M.D.); (Z.B.); (K.Ç.); (Ö.H.)
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar 03200, Türkiye; (M.T.); (M.D.); (Z.B.); (K.Ç.); (Ö.H.)
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar 03200, Türkiye; (M.T.); (M.D.); (Z.B.); (K.Ç.); (Ö.H.)
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar 03200, Türkiye; (M.T.); (M.D.); (Z.B.); (K.Ç.); (Ö.H.)
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- Department of Veterinary Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar 03200, Türkiye;
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