DIRECT AND MATERNAL GENETIC PARAMETERS AND GENETIC TRENDS FOR SOME BODY WEIGHTS AND GROWTH TRAITS IN BARKI SHEEP

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Salwa I. El-Wakil ¹
• S. M.A. Gad ²

¹ Animal and Poultry Breeding Department, Desert Research Centre, El-Matareya, Cairo, Egypt

² Animal and Poultry Breeding Dept., Desert Research Centre, El Matareya, Cairo, Egypt

Keywords

• Body weights
• genetic parameters
• maternal effects
• genetic trend
• Barki sheep