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Morphological, Phenotypic and Performance Traits of Bakarwal Goats in Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir

Author: Olympica Sarma, Mubashir Ali Rather and Syed Shanaz

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Abstract

A preliminary field survey was undertaken in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir to study Bakarwal goats. The goat is mainly reared by nomadic community of Poonch and Rajouri districts namely Gujjar, Bakerwals and Pahari tribes for mutton. This goat population is migratory in nature and the Bakerwal goat breed is highly variable with respect to morphological and production traits. The overall least squares means of 33.63±0.31 cm, 31.43±0.54 cm, 29.57±0.41cm and 2.99±0.07 kg for body height (BH), chest girth (CG), Paunch girth (PG) and birth weight (BW) in Bakawal kids were observed in current study. Similarly, overall least squares means (cm) of 22.54±0.10, 24.40±0.15, 9.59±0.06, 76.74±0.21, 74.37±0.20, 71.84±0.23, 76.20±0.15, 15.98±0.51 and 16.28±0.28 for face length (FL), ear length (EL), ear width (EW), body height (BH), chest girth (CG ), body length (BL), paunch girth (PG), tail length (TL) and horn length (HL). The effect of sex and age was highly significant on all the traits with sexual dimorphism in favour of males. It is concluded that Bakarwal goat is an important goat genetic resource of country adapted to management and harsh environment of Jammu and Kashmir. Further, this is heaviest goat genetic resource of union territory of Jammu and Kashmir

Keywords

Bakarwal kids, Biometric traits, Migratory, Pahari tribes, Poonch

Conclusion

It is concluded that Bakarwal goat is an important goat genetic resource of country adapted to management and harsh environment of J&K. Further, this is the heaviest goat genetic resource of union territory of Jammu and Kashmir

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How to cite this article

Olympica Sarma, Mubashir Ali Rather and Syed Shanaz (2024). Morphological, Phenotypic and Performance Traits of Bakarwal Goats in Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 16(4): 198-202.