Title:	Morphological traits and type of dairy goats registered in Brazil from 1976 to 2009.
Authors:	FERREIRA, T. A. PEREIRA, I. G. GOUVEIA, A. M. G. PIRES, A. V. FACO, O. MEIRA, C. T. GARCIA, I. F. F. GUIMARÃES, M. P. S. M. M. de P.
Affiliation:	Talita Andrade Ferreira, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri - Diamantina, MG, Brasil; Idalmo Garcia Pereira, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) - Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil; Aurora Maria Guimarães Gouveia, UFMG - Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil; Aldrin Vieira Pires, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri - Diamantina, MG, Brasil; Olivardo Facó, CNPC; Camila Tângari Meira, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) - Jaboticabal, SP, Brasil; Iraides Ferreira Furusho Garcia, Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA) - Lavras, MG, Brasil; Maria Pia Souza Lima Mattos de Paiva Guimarães, Associação dos Criadores de Caprinos e Ovinos de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Date Issued:	2013
Citation:	Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, Viçosa, MG, v. 42, n. 12, p. 857-861, 2013.
Description:	Abstract: Data from 2439 goats of the Saanen, Alpine, Anglo Nubian and Toggenburg breeds recorded from 1976 to 2009 by the Association of Goats and Sheep Breeders of Minas Gerais were used in principal component analysis. After consistency of data, six morphological variables (thorax perimeter, body length, withers height, height, width and length of the rump) and 12 variables related to breed standard score and fitness (breed characteristic, head, palette and topline, feet and legs, dairy type, body capacity, udder, rear and front ligament, udder texture, teat and final score) were analyzed. Based on the magnitude of the eigenvalue (lower than 0.7), eleven variables considered redundant were discarded, resulting in reduced costs of technician labor to evaluate the animals. Maintenance of records on height, length, rump width, breed characteristic, dairy type, front ligament and udder texture is recommended.
Thesagro:	Caprino Cabra leiteira Genética animal Parâmetro genético Método estatístico
NAL Thesaurus:	Goats Genetic correlation Multivariate analysis Genetic variation
Keywords:	Correlação genética Descarte de variáveis Discard of variable Análise multivariada Diversidade genética Genealogical record Registration Genetic parameters
DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982013001200004
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPC)