Open AccessLINEAR MEASURMENT IN WEST AFRICAN DWARF (WAD) AND WAD X RED SOKOTO GOATS
Author(s) -
M.O. Ozoje,
U. Herbert
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of animal production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0331-2062
DOI - 10.51791/njap.v24i1.2342
Subject(s) - season of birth , zoology , wet season , biology , dry season , body weight , demography , ecology , endocrinology , sociology
Performance record of 76 West African Dwarf (WAD) and WAD X Red Sokoto (RS) kid were compared for efficiency of growth in skeletal dimensions. Genotype (P 0.05) affected all measurement studied at birth except shoulder width. However, at 90 days and 150 days of age, seasonal influence became significant (p<0.05) on shoulder width and non significant for all other body measurements. At birth, kids born in dry season (October-April) had superior body length, shoulder width and leg length, but those born in the rainy season had superior hearth girth. Genotype x season interaction affected shoulder width significantly (p<0.01) at birth. While sex and type of birth did not significantly influence body measurement at any age.