ArticleTropical animal health and production2015
Geographical assessment of body measurements and qualitative traits in West African cattle.
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- Insights into trait-association of selection signatures and adaptive eQTL in indigenous African cattle.BMC genomics · 2024Article
- Quantifying morphometric and adaptive characteristics of indigenous cattle genetic resources in northwest Ethiopia.PloS one · 2023Article
- Identification and Characterization of Copy Number Variations Regions in West African Taurine Cattle.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Population structure, inbreeding and admixture in local cattle populations managed by community-based breeding programs in Burkina Faso.Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie · 2021Article
- Population Structure Assessed Using Microsatellite and SNP Data: An Empirical Comparison in West African Cattle.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Local Ancestry to Identify Selection in Response to Trypanosome Infection in Baoulé x Zebu Crossbred Cattle in Burkina Faso.Frontiers in genetics · 2021Article
- Morphological divergence in the West African shorthorn Lagune cattle populations from Benin.Tropical animal health and production · 2020Article
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Abstract
A total of 1015 adult cows belonging to nine West African cattle breeds were assessed for 16 body measurements and 18 qualitative traits to ascertain the existence of geographical patterns of variation. Sampling was carried out in 29 different provinces of Mali, Burkina Faso and Benin. For body measurements, taurine breeds took lower average values than the zebu breeds. Sanga cattle took intermediate values. Qualitative traits did not allow to differentiate among cattle groups (taurine, zebu or sanga) or breeds. Principal component analysis identified two factors explaining 56.4 and 9.2 % of the variance for body measurements, respectively. Two correspondence analysis dimensions computed on qualitative traits explained a small proportion of the variability (20.8 and 13.5 %, respectively). Contour plots were constructed using the eigenvalues computed for each individual and either factor or dimension identified; confidence regions calculated confirmed that body measurements clearly differentiated zebu and taurine cattle breeds while qualitative traits did not. Factor 1 was projected on a geographical map, using provinces as nodes, to assess breed-free variation for body measurements. A pattern of continuous variation from the Sahel area southwards was identified. Probably, breeding decisions promoting the crosses between zebu-like and taurine cattle are underlying this geographical pattern of variation. The implementation of selection strategies aiming at the increase of the productivity of native West African taurine cattle breeds while avoiding looses in trypanotolerant ability would be highly advisable.
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