the objective of the present study was to evaluate the effects of inbreeding on average daily gains and kleiber ratios in moghani sheep. traits included average daily gain from birth to 3 months (adg1), average daily gain from birth to 6 months (adg2), average daily gain from 3 months to 6 months (adg3), average daily gain from 3 months to 9 months (adg4), average daily gain from 3 months to ye...

The present study investigated basic statistics for biometric traits as well as non-genetic factors that may affect these traits in the Moghani breed of sheep. The data-set was computed by using biometric records of the Moghani sheep breeding and raising station over a period of 15 years (1996 to 2012). Year of birth, month of birth, birth type and lamb's sex and dam permanent environment were ...

Studbook information collected from 1988 to 2011 in Jafarabad breeding station of Moghani sheep, north-west of Iran, related to 9,457 lambs were used to study the genetic diversity and to evaluate the effectiveness of an implemented rotational mating scheme using pedigree analysis. Lambs born during 2009-2011 were considered as reference population. Means inbreeding and average coancestry for t...

Image processing technique was used to compare udder morphological characteristics in two Iranian crossbred sheep populations including Ghezel-Arkhamerino, Moghani-Arkharmerino and a pure one that was Ghezel ewes. In addition, the resulted measurements were applied as independent variables for estimation of daily milk yield by regression models. Udder height of Ghezel was higher than Ghezel-Ark...

the current study was designed to estimate the frequency of igf-i gene 1 polymorphism and investigate if their polymorphisms have association with biometric traits in moghani sheep by pcr-sscp method. for this purpose, a number of 100 sheep were randomly chosen from moghani sheep jafarabad, moghan breeding station that located in ardabil state and blood samples were collected from the left jugu...

The families of TGF-β proteins are the most important growth factors in the ovary for growth and differentiation of early ovarian follicles. Three related oocyte-derived members of the transforming growth factor-β superfamily namely growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9), BMP15 and BMPR-IB have been shown to be essential for follicular growth and ovulation. Different mutations in the GDF9 gene ...