Qualitative and Quantitative
Traits of Qurban Sheeps on Different Grade
Suswati, M. Yamin, and
Bunyamin
Healthy and normal physical
condition (not disabled) are basic qualifications of qurban sheep. In addition
to these, better performance of qurban sheep in producing good quality of meat
is also needed. Therefore the research about characteristics of qurban sheep
which includes qualitative and quantitative characteristics are importat to
conduct. The aims of this experiment were to determine the qualitative and
quantitative characteristics of 32 Garut cross rams and 60 local rams used for
qurban sheep. The rams were classified into several grades according to body
weight; grade A = body weight of 32-35 kg; grade B, 28-31 kg; and grade C,
24-27 kg. Garut cross rams used as much as 13 for grade A, 10 for grade B, and
9 for grade C, while as many as 20 local thin tail sheeps in each grade
category. The qualitative characteristics observed were face profiles, ear
types, hair colour, horn types, tail types, and horn colours. The quantitative
characteristics observed were body length, shoulder height, and heart girth.
The qualitative characteristics of data were descriptively analyzed. Randomized
Block Design was used to analyse effecs of grades on the qualitative
characteristics. Any significant results were further analyzed by using the
Tukey’s test. The results shown that Garut cross rams had more convex face
profil and Garut cross rams had at most on grade A or grade B, so this trait
can be used as a selection criteria. While on quantitative characteristics the
results shown that in both sheep breed groups grades had high significant
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Keywords : qualitative trait,
quantitative trait, sheep breed, grade.
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