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Body-weight and Morphometric Attributes of Some Cattle Breeds in Nigeria

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: In Nigeria, population characteristics of selected indigenous cattle breeds have not been fully documented. Therefore, morphometric attributes of selected indigenous cattle breeds in Nigeria were assessed. Three hundred and one White Fulani (WE), Two hundred and forty two Red Bororo (RB), Two hundred and forty seven Sokoto Gudali (SG), Two hundred and thirty three Bornu Kuri (BK) and One hundred and eighty four Muturu cattle in the age group of 3 to 3 1/2 years were purposively sampled. Eighteen morphometric parameters were measured using standard procedures. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, ANOVA at α0.05 cluster analysis and Euclidean genetic distance. The longest geneticdistance at the morphometric level was 146 between Muturu and BK and shortest (44) between BK and RB. Differences existed in face length, rear leg length, wither height and rump height among the breedsnbsp;

Source: Nigerian Journal of Animal Production

Authors: Oladepo , A. D., Adeoye , A. A., Jimoh, O. A., Adeniyi, O. A.

Institutions: Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo, Nigeria, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti

Language: English

Topic: Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7216639600

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