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- Title
Phenotypic characterization of Purky sheep population of Kargil district.
- Authors
Khan, K. Mehdi; Kumar, N.; Chakraborty, D.; Faried, Isfaq; Sharma, Rajan; Bhatt, S. N.; Kumar, D.; Taggar, R. K.
- Abstract
Majority of the Kargil sheep populations are indigenous. Very scanty information is available for morphological characterization of Purky sheep population. Therefore, the present study was undertaken with the objectives to study the morpho-metric characteristics and body measurements for phenotypic characterization of the local sheep. A stratified random sample survey was conducted on various parameters (horn size, tail size, chest girth, punch girth, body length, height at wither and body weight) in seven different age groups. Data were collected randomly from 510 sheep of either sex. The local sheep population of Kargil which was selected for the present investigation is named as 'Purky' by the name of the community that reared this breed. In Purky sheep white body colour was predominant in both the sexes. The sheep breed was of low to medium body weight. The chest girth, punch girth, height at withers of Purky sheep showed it to be medium sized. Sex had significant effect (P<0.05) on height at wither only. For males the least squares means were higher for all the traits of all age groups baring few exceptions. The phenotypic correlations of age groups with different morphometric traits were very high. The phenotypic correlations of body weight with other body measurements like tail size, chest girth, paunch girth, body length and height at wither were very high. Further studies should be carried out to fully exploit their genetic potential and to register the breed and in-situ conservation of this population.
- Subjects
ANIMAL populations; SHEEP breeding; PHENOTYPES; SHEEP genetics; ANIMAL morphology
- Publication
Indian Journal of Animal Research, 2017, Vol 51, Issue 4, p625
- ISSN
0367-6722
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18805/ijar.v0i0f.3794