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. 2023 Nov 23;55(6):413.
doi: 10.1007/s11250-023-03822-x.

Assessment of FecGE genotypes on reproductive traits in Brazilian Morada Nova and Santa Inês sheep

Aysllan Harlley Rodrigues Pereira  1 , Robson Mateus Freitas Silveira  2 , Eula Regina Carrara  3 , Kleibe de Moraes Silva  4 , Raimundo Nonato Braga Lobo  4 , Danielle Assis de Faria  5 , Alexandre Rodrigues Caetano  6 , Samuel Rezende Paiva  6 , Aline Vieira Landim  1
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Assessment of FecGE genotypes on reproductive traits in Brazilian Morada Nova and Santa Inês sheep

Aysllan Harlley Rodrigues Pereira et al. Trop Anim Health Prod. .

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the polymorphic FecGE allele on reproductive traits in Santa Inês and Morada Nova ewes. The traits evaluated were as follows: total progeny weights at birth (PWB) and weaning (PWW) and progeny survival rates at birth (PSRB) and weaning (PSRW). A total of 389 animals, belonging to two Santa Inês herds and one Morada Nova herd, were genotyped. There was a difference between the averages for all the traits studied regarding type of parturition, herd/breed, genotype/herd, and genotype/type of parturition. For each additional progeny, if the female was FecGE/E, the PWB decreased by 1.02 kg and the PWW by 3.16 kg, also with a 0.04% reduction in PSRB and no change in PSRW. If the female was FecGE/+, the reduction in PWB was 0.24 kg, with an increase in PSRW by 0.11%, but no change in PWW and PSRB. In general, these results demonstrate that FecG+/+ females have a better ability to increase their number of progenies without reducing PWB and PWW (also similar to FecGE/+). Thus, it is suggested that further studies on the association between the traits of interest and candidate genes in sheep should be carried out so that the regions which have the greatest effect on the expression of these traits are actually identified. It was not possible to verify the effect of the FecGE allele on the PWB, PWW, PSRB, and PSRW in these Morada Nova and Santa Inês herds.

Keywords: Maternal ability; Productive efficiency; Prolificacy.

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