New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research abstracts
Estimates of environmental effects for liveweight and fleece characteristics of
New Zealand cashmere goats
S-A. N. NEWMAN
D. J. PATERSON
AgResearch
Flock House Agricultural Centre
Private Bag 1900
Bulls 5452, New Zealand
Abstract Liveweight and fleece characteristics were recorded
over 6 years in a New Zealand cashmere goat flock. Traits examined were birth
weight, weaning weight, spring liveweight, fleece weight, yield, down weight,
fibre diameter, standard deviation of fibre diameter, and down length. Kid and
hogget liveweight traits were affected by year, birth and rearing rank, sex,
age of dam, and age of the goat at shearing. Hogget fleece weight was
significantly affected by year, sex, age of dam, and age at shearing; however,
only year effects were significant for hogget down weight and fibre diameter.
Year and age effects were significant for all doe traits. Hoggets were
consistently different from all older groups, and 2- and 3-year-old does varied
from 4-year and older does. Phenotypic correlations between liveweight, fleece
weight, down weight, and fibre diameter were all positive and of low-medium
magnitude.
Keywords goats; cashmere; environmental effects; phenotypic
correlations; liveweight; fleece weight; yield; down weight; fibre diameter;
down length
New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 1996, Vol. 39: 379-386
0028-8233/96/3903-0379 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand
1996
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