Abstract

Morphological structure of South African Boer goats explained by principal component analysis

Highlights

  • The Boer goats are a South African improved breed developed by breeding indigenous and European goats

  • The current study reported a higher coefficient of variation than the study of Magaço and Felimone (2020) on morphological traits of Mozambican local goats

  • The results revealed that of the 15 correlations estimated for both sexes, in males there were 5 negatively correlated traits and 6 positively correlated; 12 traits in females were positively and significantly (p < 0.05) correlated to each other

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Introduction

The Boer goats are a South African improved breed developed by breeding indigenous and European goats It is among the meat goat breed categorised by large-sized body frame, red headed, white body and short smooth hair (Snyman, 2014). Sapkota et al (2016) describe the Boer goat as a goat of many abilities such as being adapted to the extensive and intensive farming system and commonly giving birth to triplets and quadruplets This breed reaches up to 22 to 25 kg in 100 days after birth and a mature body weight of 80 to 120 kg in females and males, respectively (Kamarudin et al, 2011). Manirakiza et al (2020) and Mathapo and Tyasi (2021) reported that morphological traits could estimate live body weight in goats

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