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- Title
Estimation of the seminal parameters of rooster and its association with fertility traits in synthetic dam line.
- Authors
Kumar, M. Rajesh; Patil, Chandrashekhar Santosh; Yadav, Abhay Singh; Bangar, Yogesh Chandrakant; Chitra, Anil
- Abstract
The objective of the present study was to assess the seminal parameters of rooster and its association with fertility traits (%), viz., hatchability of the fertile egg set (HFES), hatchability of the total egg set (HTES), and fertility (FERT). The data records pertained to traits of interest were obtained from various registers maintained at Poultry farm, of the Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar (India). The relationship between seminal and fertility characteristics was investigated using regression analysis and correlation. Moreover, the efficacy of seminal characteristics to distinguish between roosters with low and high fertility traits was evaluated using linear discriminant analysis (LDA). The findings showed that reproductive traits and seminal characteristics were significantly (P < 0.05) correlated. The LDA showed that the seminal parameters can effectively separate the roosters into those with high and poor reproductive features. It was revealed from LDA that seminal features showed higher classification accuracy for FERT (80.77%). Hatchability is dependent on eggs that have been artificially incubated; hence, these crucial traits are comparatively weaker for HTES (65.38%) and HFES (67.31%). Cross-validation of the seminal parameter LDA corroborated the aforementioned and related conclusions. It is suggested that the studied LDA function may be utilised to choose genotypes with improved reproductive traits based on seminal variables.
- Publication
Tropical Animal Health & Production, 2024, Vol 56, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0049-4747
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11250-023-03867-y