HETEROSIS AND ADDITIVE GENETIC EFFECTS FOR BODY WEIGHT IN UPGRADING BURUNDI ANKOLE CATTLE WITH SAHIWAL

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• M. R. Anous ¹
• G. F. Gouda ¹
• H. Nimenya ²

¹ Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, P.O. Box 68 Hadayek Shoubra, 11241 Cairo, Egypt,

² Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture (ISA), B.P. 35, Gitega, Burundi

Keywords

• Ankole and Sahiwal cattle
• body weights
• heterosis
• additive genetic