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A note on the factors affecting pre-weaning growth in Beetal and Black Bengal kids and their crosses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

C. P. Malik ,
A. S. Kanaujia  and
B. L. Pander
C. P. Malik
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Breeding, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar – 125004 India
A. S. Kanaujia
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Breeding, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar – 125004 India
B. L. Pander
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Breeding, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar – 125004 India
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The economic value of the goat depends upon its growth and reproductive and productive efficiency. The growth determines the meat producing ability up to a marketable age i.e. 6 months. Rapid growth during the pre-weaning period minimizes the cost of rearing, thus providing more profit to the farmer. The present investigation reports the effect of genetic groups, years and season of birth, sex of kid, type of birth and dam's weight at kidding on pre-weaning growth traits, and the extent of the genetic variability and covariability among these traits.

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Animal Production , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , August 1986 , pp. 178 - 182
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1986

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