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Title: Morphological traits and type of dairy goats registered in Brazil from 1976 to 2009
Keywords: Cabras leiteiras - Características morfológicas
Dairy goats - Morphological characteristics
Issue Date: 2013
Publisher: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
Citation: FERREIRA, T. A. et al. Morphological traits and type of dairy goats registered in Brazil from 1976 to 2009. Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, Viçosa, MG, v. 42, n. 12, p. 857-861, 2013.
Abstract: Data from 2439 goats of the Saanen, Alpine, Anglo Nubian and Toggenburg breeds recorded from 1976 to 2009 by the Association of Goats and Sheep Breeders of Minas Gerais were used in principal component analysis. After consistency of data, six morphological variables (thorax perimeter, body length, withers height, height, width and length of the rump) and 12 variables related to breed standard score and fitness (breed characteristic, head, palette and topline, feet and legs, dairy type, body capacity, udder, rear and front ligament, udder texture, teat and final score) were analyzed. Based on the magnitude of the eigenvalue (lower than 0.7), eleven variables considered redundant were discarded, resulting in reduced costs of technician labor to evaluate the animals. Maintenance of records on height, length, rump width, breed characteristic, dairy type, front ligament and udder texture is recommended.
URI: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/37642
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