Carcass quality of JamunaparixBlack Bengal (JBB), Black Bengal selected for growth (SBB) and random-bred (RBB) wethers of 1 year of age was studied. There was no significant difference between JBB and SBB in pre-slaughter traits and carcass characteristics, except height at wither and dressing percentage which were significantly higher in JBB than in SBB, and muscle fiber diameter which was sig...

Johne’s disease (JD) is a chronic granulomatous enteropathy of domestic and wild ruminants caused by Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) is of major concern in developed countries (Singh et al., 2013). It is characterized by chronic granulomatous enterocolitis, regional lymphadenitis that leads to a chronic wasting diarrhea (Clarke, 1997) and globally distributed disease excep...

The Jamunapari goats are reared as dairy animals in semi-arid conditions, therefore it is necessary to evaluate the genetic potential for the genetic improvement of milk production traits. The data comprised of 2217 phenotypic records for milk yield at 90 days (MY90) and 140 days (MY140), total milk yield (TMY) and lactation length (LL) obtained from the progeny of 173 sires and 446 dams during...

The allelic distributions of the CSN1S1 (αs1-casein) in the Indian goats are quite different from European goat breeds. Majority of Indian goat breeds and non-descript goats carry A, B, E and F alleles at αs1-casein locus, as found by analysing both DNA and protein levels. However, A and B alleles, known to be associated with better casein yield, were observed in the highest proportion in all t...

This study was conducted to investigate the morphology, morphometry and production performances of exotic goat breeds their crossbreds available at Boalia, Shahmokhdum, Rajpara Matihar thana under Rajshahi metropolitan city. A total 73 animals’ information collected from 39 flock owners using a semi-structured questionnaire through interviewing farmers, visual observation on-spot measurement an...

The genetic relationships between different populations and breeds of exotic dairy goats in Thailand were studied using 12 microsatellite markers. Blood samples were obtained from 211 goats from Department of Livestock Development breeding and research farms: 29 Anglonubian (AN), 21 Alpine (AP), 23 Jamunapari (JAM), 50 Saanen (SN), and 88 Toggenburg (TG). Five of the 12 microsatellite markers w...