Preliminary analysis of sire effects on resistance to gastrointestinal nematode infection in Angora and Cashmere goats

Title
Preliminary analysis of sire effects on resistance to gastrointestinal nematode infection in Angora and Cashmere goats
Publication Date
2001
Author(s)
Olayemi, Muyiwa
Walkden-Brown, Steve William
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0638-5533
Email: swalkden@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:swalkden
Van Der Werf, Julius Herman
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2512-1696
Email: jvanderw@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jvanderw
Le Jambre, Leo Frederick
Editor
Editor(s): Neville Jopson
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG)
Place of publication
Armidale, Australia
UNE publication id
une:4656
Abstract
Genetic resistance to gastro-intestinal nematode infection (GIN) is being investigated on two properties in northern NSW, Australia. Results from natural infections during the first year of a 5-year investigation are presented. Data consists of faecal egg counts (FEC) after natural infection (predominantly with 'Haemonchus contortus') of 222 and 220 progeny of 6 Angora and 9 Cashmere bucks, respectively. FEC^0.33 measured at 5 (FEC5) but not 3 (FEC3) months of age differed significantly among sires in both breeds. Oral vaccination of kids at 1 and 2 months of age with irradiated L3 larvae of 'Trichostrogylus colubriformis' did not influence FEC3 or FEC5. Heritability estimates for FEC5^0.33 were 0.25 ± 0.21 and 0.23 ± 0.19 for Angora and Cashmere goats respectively. The phenotypic correlation between FEC5 and weight at 5 months was -0.21 (P<0.05) in Angora goats and non-significant in Cashmere goats. These preliminary findings are encouraging and broadly consistent with other studies in sheep and some other breeds of goat.
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Citation
Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, v.14, p. 203-206
ISSN
1328-3227
ISBN
0958629919
Start page
203
End page
206

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