PMID- 33104293
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210922
LR  - 20210922
IS  - 1439-0388 (Electronic)
IS  - 0931-2668 (Linking)
VI  - 138
IP  - 4
DP  - 2021 Jul
TI  - Farmer's participatory approach for breed improvement in Malpura sheep.
PG  - 403-417
LID - 10.1111/jbg.12519 [doi]
AB  - The objective of the study was to propose a model for a community-based breeding 
      programme (CBBP) in Malpura sheep. The study was carried out for nine years 
      (2012-2018) in 31 villages covering 77 flocks. The average flock size was 
      54.39 +/- 0.65. The study revealed that the Malpura sheep is a long-day breeder 
      with 72.1% of lambing during August to January. The higher concentration of 
      lambing in this period is to avoid the stress of harsh summer and scarcity of 
      feed. The disposal pattern of male lambs was stringent due to selection. Only 
      3.1% of male lambs reach to adult stage. For females, the replacement rate was 
      34.11%. The live weights (kg) from 8,263 lambs were 3.34 +/- 0.01, 14.61 +/- 0.04, 
      20.48 +/- 0.07 and 30.01 +/- 0.16, for birth, three-, six- and 12-month age, 
      respectively. Non-genetic factors such as sex, season and year of birth and flock 
      significantly influenced growth. The heritability was 0.20 +/- 0.03, 0.20 +/- 0.008, 
      0.23 +/- 0.004 and 0.17 +/- 0.009 for birth, three-, six- and 12-month weight, 
      respectively. This indicated scope for genetic improvement, given a systematic 
      breeding programme, is in place. The present model followed by sheep breeders is 
      highly dependent upon the Government aided Central Sheep and Wool Research 
      Institute (CSWRI) for supply of breeding rams, data collection and health care. 
      Alternate self-sustainable model of CBBP is proposed wherein a breeder's 
      organization leads the way to establish a ram-rearing centre (RRC), teams of 
      experts for ram selection, data collection and market linkage. CSWRI will 
      continue to assist for selection decisions and real-time data entry using a 
      cloud-based "Avimegh" platform. The early selection of 5% male lambs at weaning 
      and rearing them at RRC until final selection at 12-month will provide unbiased 
      selection of rams under CBBP. The surplus rams will be sold by RRC for profit. 
      Several key measures such as micro-finance, co-ordination between stakeholders, 
      market linkage and technical input for data collection and selection have been 
      suggested to make the CBBP self-sustainable.
CI  - (c) 2020 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
FAU - Gowane, Gopal R
AU  - Gowane GR
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6535-7818
AD  - ICAR-Central Sheep & Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar, Rajasthan, India.
AD  - ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India.
FAU - Sharma, Lalit Mohan
AU  - Sharma LM
AD  - ICAR-Central Sheep & Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar, Rajasthan, India.
FAU - Misra, S S
AU  - Misra SS
AD  - ICAR-Central Sheep & Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar, Rajasthan, India.
FAU - Mallick, P K
AU  - Mallick PK
AD  - ICAR-Central Sheep & Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar, Rajasthan, India.
FAU - Kumar, Arun
AU  - Kumar A
AD  - ICAR-Central Sheep & Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar, Rajasthan, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20201026
PL  - Germany
TA  - J Anim Breed Genet
JT  - Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und 
      Zuchtungsbiologie
JID - 100955807
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Farmers
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Seasons
MH  - *Sheep, Domestic
MH  - Weaning
MH  - Wool
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Community-based breeding programme
OT  - Genetic improvement
OT  - Growth traits
OT  - Ram-rearing centre
EDAT- 2020/10/27 06:00
MHDA- 2021/09/23 06:00
CRDT- 2020/10/26 12:13
PHST- 2020/09/07 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/04/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/10/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/10/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/09/23 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/10/26 12:13 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/jbg.12519 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Anim Breed Genet. 2021 Jul;138(4):403-417. doi: 10.1111/jbg.12519. Epub 2020 
      Oct 26.