Estimates of heritability and relationships between body weight, weight gains and measurements of the swamp buffalo
1984
Charan Chantalakhana (Kasetsart Univ., Bangkok (Thailand). Dept. of Animal Science)
Body weight and measurements at birth, weaning (8 months), and yearling (365 days) as well as pre- and post weaning average daily gains of the swamp buffaloes from the breeding herds at the Surin Buffalo Breeding Center were used to estimate heritabilities and correlations. Most of the estimates of heritability were from low to medium (0 to 23%). A high estimate (51.8%) was obtained only for the postweaning growth rate. The phenotypic correlations among the traits studied were mostly positive and highly significant, except for the negative correlations of postweaning gain with most other traits
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