Sire evaluation and effect of various factors on growth performance in males of Tharparkar and Karan fries cattle

TAVSIEF AHMAD; ANKIT MAGOTRA; A K GUPTA; SHAKTI KANT DASH; MIR MOHSIN; MIR SHABIR; AMBREEN HAMADANI; B R YADAV

doi:10.56093/ijans.v91i2.113819

Authors

TAVSIEF AHMAD Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
ANKIT MAGOTRA ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India
A K GUPTA ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India
SHAKTI KANT DASH ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India
MIR MOHSIN ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India
MIR SHABIR ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India
AMBREEN HAMADANI ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India
B R YADAV ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijans.v91i2.113819

Keywords:

Breeding values, Cattle, Genetic factors, Growth band, Growth curve, Growth rate

Abstract

The current study was undertaken with the objective of sire evaluation as well as studying the effect of genetic and non-genetic factors on growth performance in males of Tharparkar and Karan Fries Cattle. Data on body weights of Tharparkar and Karan Fries males born during the period 1994-2012 at ICAR-NDRI, Karnal, were utilized. The overall least squares means of birth weight and weights at one-month interval up to 12 months of age were 26.92±0.24, 35.55±0.22, 45.04±0.28, 57.56±0.40, 70.02±0.51, 82.62±0.66, 95.18±0.80, 105.11±1.55, 108.19±1.15, 114.20±1.15, 120.11±1.09, 130.35±1.11 and 136.91±4.13 kg respectively, in KF males. In TP males, least square means for birth and one-month were 21.34±0.77 and 25.63±0.67 kg, respectively. Effect of month and period of birth was highly significant on all traits except 1 month and 12-months for the former effect. The effects of genetic group and parity were mostly significant on body weights in KF males. Regression on birth weight was highly significant for all the weight traits. Effect of sire and birth-month was highly significant on all traits except one-month weight in KF. In Tharparkar, effect of season was highly significant on birth weight. Growth curves were linear, and deviations of average body weekly weight showed more divergence with increasing age. Growth rates from birth to three-months age in KF and TP males were 320 g/day and 226 g/day. Effect of non-genetic factors indicated the need of further improvement in feeding and management practices for augmenting growth, i.e. body weights especially in calves born to primiparous dams.

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