Characterization, evaluation and conservation of the Moxotó goat breed in Pernambuco, Brazil
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Maria Norma Ribeiro [1] ; J. C. V. Oliveira [2] ; L. L. Rocha [3] ; A. G. C. Alves [1] ; Francisco Fernando R. de Carvalho [1] ; José Robson Bezerra Sereno [4]
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[1] Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
Brasil
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[2] Fundación de Apoyo a la Investigación del Estado de Pernambuco, FACEPE, Brasil
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[3] Becária Iniciación Científica del PIBIC-CNPq
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[4] EMBRAPA, Pantanal, Brasil
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- Localización: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Producción Animal, ISSN 1022-1301, ISSN-e 1022-1301, Vol. 12, Nº. 4, 2004 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Supl. 1. II Simposio Iberoamericano sobre Recursos Genéticos)
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This work aimed to characterise and evaluate the state of conservation of the goat breed in Pernambuco State, in the Northeast region of Brazil. The methodology used is based on phenotypic aspects, populational census and interviews with farmers so as to characterise the production system of these animals in this region. The means and standard deviations for morphometric measures included: body length (BL), hip height (HH), chest perimeter (CP) and adult body weight (AW) of females of the breed. These were respectively 77.30 ± 9.88 cm; 60.43 ± 7.31 cm; 63.13 ± 7.02 cm and 30.13 ± 8.43 kg. Of all animals studied, approximately 76% are Without Breed Pattern Defined (WBPD), product of crossbreeding with native animals, especially Moxotó and Nambi with exotic breeds such as Bhuj, Saanen, Boer and Anglo-Nubian, with a predominance of the latter. Only 12% are native breeds, with predominance of Moxotó. Some older farmers confirm that the numbers of animals of this breed are decreasing progressively in the last few years. This is confirmed where at present 76% of the herd in the region are of mixed breed, due to crossbreeding with exotic breeds.
