Zoometric indices of the goats in the Republics of Cape Verde and Brazil

Authors

  • Luanna Chácara Pires Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia (UFSB), Brasil
  • Théa Mírian Medeiros Machado Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Brasil
  • Paulo Luiz Souza Carneiro Souza Carneiro Universidade do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB), Brasil
  • Jeferson Ferreira da Fonseca Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária Gado de Leite (EMBRAPA Gado de Leite), Brasil
  • João de Deus Fonseca Ministério do Ambiente, do Desenvolvimento Rural e dos Recursos Marinhos da República de Cabo Verde, Cabo Verde

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/16699513e014

Keywords:

zootechnical aptitude, biometry,, animal conservation, genetic resources.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the zoometric indices of goat populations in Brazil and Cape Verde and compare them with populations of know aptitude. It was sampled populations 1064 of adult goats: Alpine, Boer, Anglo-Nubian, Mambrina, Azul, Gurguéia, undefined populations of Piauí (UDB-PI), Nambi, Marota e Repartida. It were analyzed body measures of wither height (WH), brisket height (BH), hip height (CH), body length (BL) and thoracic circumference (TP). With this body measures it was calculated the zoometric indices: length-height (LH=CC/WH), height-height (HH=WH/CH), depth-height (DH=TP/WH), length-depth (LD=BL/TP) and wither-brisket (WB=BH/WH). These indices were submitted to follow analysis: descriptive statistical, variance and Scott-Knott test. According to the scale of aptitude was found the populations with higher meat aptitude were: UDB-PI and Nambi. The Anglo-Nubian populations, Gurguéia, Marota and Fogo showed aptitude for milk and meat. The milk aptitude was found to the population of São Nicolau, Santiago, São Vicente, Azul, Santo Antão, Mambrina and Repartida. The zoometric indices are helpful to separate populations according to their aptitudes.

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Published

2019-06-23

How to Cite

Pires, L. C., Medeiros Machado, T. M. ., Souza Carneiro, P. L. S. C., Ferreira da Fonseca, J., & de Deus Fonseca, J. . (2019). Zoometric indices of the goats in the Republics of Cape Verde and Brazil. Journal of the Agronomy College, 118(1), 141–145. https://doi.org/10.24215/16699513e014