Evaluation of Wool Production Performance on Different Lines and Strains of Angora Rabbit at Khumaltar, Lalitpur

Abstract

Research on wool production performance between different lines and strains of Angora rabbit was started at Swine and Avian Research Program(SARP), Khumaltar, Lalitpur since 1994. The high yielding lines of German (G1) and Chinese Angora were introduced at SARP in 1998 from Chitlang Goat Farm of Department of Livestock Services(DLS) and Lumle Agriculture Research Center. Research on wool production performance of German, Chinese, Russian and British strains of Angora rabbit at Khumaltar, Lalitpur was conducted . Based upon the one year data G1 line of German Angora showed significantly (P < 0.05 ) higher wool production( 949.2 + 101g /rabbit /year) than other lines and strains of Angora rabbit . The average annual wool production in Chinese Angora, G2 line of German Angora, Russian Angora and British Angora were 656.2 g, 511g, 349.5 g and 335 g respectively. Similarly, additional improvement on management for existing lines and strains also showed significant (P < 0.05 increase on wool production performance as compared with the result of previous year(G2 line of German 423.125 g to 511 g and British 305 g to 349 g).

Performance of wool type angora rabbits under temperate conditions of Kashmir (J&K), INDIA

“…The effect of sex was found to be non-significant on annual wool yield, staple length, medullation percentage and fiber diameter. Similar results of significant effect of breed on wool production of different lines and strains of Angora rabbit were reported by Neupane et al (2010). On the contrary, significant effect of sex on wool yield in Angora rabbit was reported by Sood et al (2007).…”

“…Wool production performance: The least square means for annual wool yield (AWY), staple length (SL), medullation percentage (MP) and fiber diameter (FD) along with their standard errors are presented in Table 3. The average for annual wool yield (AWY), staple length (SL), medullation percentage (MP) and fiber diameter (FD) were found to be 303.575 ± 0.316 gm (127), 5.161 ± 0.0183 cm(127), 2.228 ± 0.0217 percent (127) Neupane et al (2010). Higher estimates of 775.75 ± 20.45 gm AWY in German Angora were observed by Singh et al (2006).…”

Breed Effect and Effect of Non-Genetic Factors on Performance Traits of Wool Type Angora Rabbits in an Organized Farm of Kashmir

“…Ghosh et al, (2008) in New Zealand White and Soviet Chinchilla found weaning weight and adult weight of 0.6-0.7 kg and 1.8-1.9 kg, respectively. Neupane et al, (2010), respectively. More or less similar estimates of BW, WW, YW, AWY, SL, MD and FD were found by Assad et al, (2017) in French Angora and German Angora rabbit breeds.…”

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