Year: 2022 | Month: December | Volume 12 | Issue 6
Relationship between Morphometric and Performance Traits in Crossbred Cows under Field Condition
Waghmare Vijay Kumar
P.P. Dubey
S.K. Dash
Puneet Malhotra
Navdeep Singh Ratta
DOI:10.30954/2277-940X.06.2022.19
Abstract:
The aim of the present study was to describe and establish the relationship between morphometric and performance traits in crossbred cattle under filed condition. The performance data and body measurements were collected for 453 progenies sired by 30 bulls as test mating under AICRP on cattle project during the period from 2015-2022. A total of 110 villages were included with socioeconomic status of farmers. Least squares mean for various traits has shown significant effect of farmer’s status on performance of crossbred cattle. The mean of FLMY and AFC was estimated to be 3893.35 kg and 953.6 days. The production traits were found to be influenced by occupation, fodder land, education level and number of animals of the farmers. The heritability estimation paves way for improvement in reproductive traits like AFC (h2 = 0.14) by better managemental practices and incorporation of traits like FLMY (h2 = 0.40) in selection methodology. The significant and positive correlations among the studied morphometric and performance traits have suggested high predictability between diverse traits. Regression model depicting R2 value of 0.677 may be helpful for early selection of crossbred cows on the basis of morphometric traits under field condition. Present findings also suggest that BL, HG, BD, HW and early body weights may be used for selection of rural HF crossbred cattle for the prediction of milk yield.
Highlights
- Study was done to establish association between morphometric and performance traits in crossbred cattle.
- Influence of farmers status on the performance of progeny was assessed to sustain the production of crossbred progenies.
- Significant correlations were observed among the studied traits and also with the status of farmers.
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