1. Do Texas Angora bucks improve mohair weight and quality traits of Tajik Angora goats?
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L. Brent, M.A. Kosimov, F.F. Kosimov, N. Nishanov, B. Rischkowsky, and J.P. Mueller
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Veterinary medicine ,business.industry ,050204 development studies ,05 social sciences ,0402 animal and dairy science ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,Biology ,Insemination ,040201 dairy & animal science ,Crossbreed ,Animal science ,Food Animals ,0502 economics and business ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Livestock ,Mohair ,business - Abstract
With the main objective of improving Tajik mohair quantity and quality, frozen semen from eight top performance tested Texan Angora bucks was imported and used on 459 selected local goats from 11 farmers in two insemination seasons. Conception rates in both seasons were very low. Sixty six Texan x Tajik crossbred progeny were compared with 308 contemporary Tajik controls. Early live body weights, mohair quantity and mohair quality data were collected and genotypes compared after correcting for season, farm and sex of progeny, fitting age as a co-variable. Body weights at birth were higher in crossbreds (2.39 vs. 2.19 kg, P
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- 2016
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