Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-qsmjn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-23T17:24:45.063Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Economic values of body weight, reproduction and parasite resistance traits for a Creole goat breeding goal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2012

M. Gunia ,
N. Mandonnet ,
R. Arquet ,
G. Alexandre ,
J-L. Gourdine ,
M. Naves ,
V. Angeon  and
F. Phocas
M. Gunia
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherches Zootechniques, UR143, INRA Antilles Guyane, domaine de Duclos, 97170 Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, F.W.I.
N. Mandonnet*
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherches Zootechniques, UR143, INRA Antilles Guyane, domaine de Duclos, 97170 Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, F.W.I.
R. Arquet
Affiliation:
PTEA, UE1294, INRA Antilles Guyane, domaine de Gardel, 97160 Le Moule Guadeloupe, F.W.I.
G. Alexandre
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherches Zootechniques, UR143, INRA Antilles Guyane, domaine de Duclos, 97170 Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, F.W.I.
J-L. Gourdine
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherches Zootechniques, UR143, INRA Antilles Guyane, domaine de Duclos, 97170 Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, F.W.I.
M. Naves
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherches Zootechniques, UR143, INRA Antilles Guyane, domaine de Duclos, 97170 Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, F.W.I.
V. Angeon
Affiliation:
CEREGMIA, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Faculté de droit et d’économie, Campus de Schoelcher, BP 7209, 97275 Schoelcher Cedex, Martinique, F.W.I.
F. Phocas
Affiliation:
INRA Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, UMR 1313, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France
*
†E-mail: nathalie.mandonnet@antilles.inra.fr
Get access

Abstract

A specific breeding goal definition was developed for Creole goats in Guadeloupe. This local breed is used for meat production. To ensure a balanced selection outcome, the breeding objective included two production traits, live weight (BW11) and dressing percentage (DP) at 11 months (the mating or selling age), one reproduction trait, fertility (FER), and two traits to assess animal response to parasite infection: packed cell volume (PCV), a resilience trait, and faecal worm eggs count (FEC), a resistance trait. A deterministic bio-economic model was developed to calculate the economic values based on the description of the profit of a Guadeloupean goat farm. The farm income came from the sale of animals for meat or as reproducers. The main costs were feeding and treatments against gastro-intestinal parasites. The economic values were 7.69€ per kg for BW11, 1.38€ per % for FER, 3.53€ per % for DP and 3 × 10−4€ per % for PCV. The economic value for FEC was derived by comparing the expected profit and average FEC in a normal situation and in an extreme situation where parasites had developed resistance to anthelmintics. This method yielded a maximum weighting for FEC, which was −18.85€ per log(eggs per gram). Alternative scenarios were tested to assess the robustness of the economic values to variations in the economic and environmental context. The economic values of PCV and DP were the most stable. Issues involved in paving the way for selective breeding on resistance or resilience to parasites are discussed.

Keywords

breeding objectiveeconomic valuegoatparasite resistancefertility
Type
Breeding and genetics
Information
animal , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , January 2013 , pp. 22 - 33
Copyright
Copyright © The Animal Consortium 2012

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Agreste. 2006. Effectifs d'animaux, Guadeloupe. Retrieved July 10, 2011, from http://www.agreste.agriculture.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/R97108D06.pdfGoogle Scholar
Agreste. 2009. Mémento agricole, Guadeloupe. Retrieved July 10, 2011, from http://www.agreste.agriculture.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf_D97110C02.pdfGoogle Scholar
Alexandre, G, Aumont, G, Fleury, J, Mainaud, JC, Kandassamy, T 1997. Zootechnical performances of Creole goats in Guadeloupe (French West Indies). A twenty-year survey in an experimental farm. INRA Productions Animales 10, 7–20.Google Scholar
Alexandre, G, Asselin de Beauville, S, Shitalou, E, Zebus, MF 2008. An overview of the goat meat sector in Guadeloupe: conditions of production, consumer preferences, cultural functions and economic implications. Livestock Research for Rural Development 20, Article 14. Retrieved August 1, 2011, from http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd20/1/alex20014.htmGoogle Scholar
Amer, PR, McEwan, JC, Dodds, KG, Davis, GH 1999a. Economic values for ewe prolificacy and lamb survival in New Zealand sheep. Livestock Production Science 58, 75–90.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Amer, PR, Woolaston, RR, Eady, SJ, McEwan, JC 1999b. Economic values for sheep internal parasite resistance traits in New Zealand and Australia. Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics 13, 504–507.Google Scholar
Aumont, G, Pouillot, R, Simon, R, Hostache, G, Varo, H, Barré, N 1997. Digestive parasitism of small ruminants in the French West Indies. INRA Productions Animales 10, 79–89.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Baker, RL, Gray, GD 2004. Appropriate breeds and breeding schemes for sheep and goats in the tropics. In Worm Control for Small Ruminants in Tropical Asia (ed. RA Sani, GD Gray and RL Baker), Monograph No. 113, pp. 63–75. Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR), Canberra, Australia.Google Scholar
Baker, RL, Audho, JO, Aduda, EO, Thorpe, W 2001. Genetic resistance to gastro-intestinal nematode parasites in Galla and Small East African goats in the sub-humid tropics. Animal Science 73, 61–70.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bath, GF, Malan, FS, Van Wyk, JA 1996. The “FAMACHA©” Ovine Anaemia Guide to assist with the control of haemonchosis. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Congress of the Livestock Health and Production Group of the South African Veterinary Association, Port Elizabeth, p. 5.Google Scholar
Bett, RC, Kosgey, IS, Bebe, BO, Kahi, AK 2007. Breeding goals for the Kenya Dual Purpose goat. I. Model development and application to smallholder production systems. Tropical Animal Health and Production 39, 477–492.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Bishop, SC, Stear, MJ 2003. Modeling of host genetics and resistance to infectious diseases: understanding and controlling nematode infections. Veterinary Parasitology 115, 147–166.Google Scholar
Bishop, SC, Morris, CA 2007. Genetics of disease resistance in sheep and goats. Small Ruminant Research 70, 48–59.Google Scholar
Bisset, SA, Morris, CA 1996. Feasibility and implications of breeding sheep for resilience to nematode challenge. International Journal for Parasitology 26, 857–868.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Byrne, TJ, Amer, PR, Fennessy, PF, Cromie, AR, Keady, TWJ, Hanrahan, JP, McHugh, MP, Wickham, BW 2010. Breeding objectives for sheep in Ireland: a bio-economic approach. Livestock Science 132, 135–144.Google Scholar
Chevalier, M 2001. Restauration de la sensibilité au Levamisole de Trichostrongylus colubriformis par substitution de population parasitaire dans un élevage caprin de Guadeloupe F.W.I. Thèse pour le diplôme d'Etat de Docteur Vétérinaire, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Nantes, France.Google Scholar
Eady, SJ, Woolaston, RR, Barger, IA 2003. Comparison of genetic and nongenetic strategies for control of gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep. Livestock Production Science 81, 11–23.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gibson, JP, Kennedy, BW 1990. The used of constrained selection indexes in breeding for economic merit. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 80, 801–805.Google Scholar
Gicheha, MG, Kosgey, IS, Bebe, BO, Kahi, AK 2005. Economic values for resistance to gastrointestinal helminths in meat sheep in Kenya. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 122, 165–171.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Greeff, JC, Safari, E, Fogarty, NM, Hopkins, DL, Brien, FD, Atkins, KD, Mortimer, SI, van der Werf, JHJ 2008. Genetic parameters for carcase and meat quality traits and their relationships to liveweight and wool production in hogget Merino rams. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 125, 205–215.Google Scholar
Greer, AW 2008. Trade-offs and benefits: implications of promoting a strong immunity to gastrointestinal parasites in sheep. Parasite Immunology 30, 123–132.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Groen, AF 1989. Cattle breeding goals and production circumstances. PhD, Department of Farm Management and Department of Animal Breeding, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.Google Scholar
Gunia, M, Phocas, F, Arquet, R, Alexandre, G, Mandonnet, N 2011. Genetic parameters for body weight, reproduction and parasite resistance traits in the Creole goat. Journal of Animal Science 89, 3443–3451.Google Scholar
Gunia, M, Mandonnet, N, Arquet, R, de la Chevrotière, C, Naves, M, Mahieu, M, Alexandre, G 2010. Production systems of Creole goat and their implications for a breeding programme. Animal 4, 2099–2115.Google Scholar
Hazel, LN 1943. The genetic basis for constructing selection indexes. Genetics 28, 476–490.Google Scholar
Itoh, Y, Yamada, Y 1987. Comparisons of selection indexes achieving predetermined proportional gains. Genetics Selection Evolution 19, 69–81.Google Scholar
Jackson, F, Miller, J 2006. Alternative approaches to control – Quo vadit? Veterinary Parasitology 139, 371–384.Google Scholar
Kahn, LP, Knox, MR, Walkden-Brown, SW, Lea, JM 2003. Regulation of the resistance to nematode parasites of single- and twin-bearing Merino ewes through nutrition and genetic selection. Veterinary Parasitology 114, 15–31.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kaplan, RM 2004. Drug resistance in nematodes of veterinary importance: a status report. Trends in Parasitology 20, 477–481.Google Scholar
Kemper, KE, Elwin, RL, Bishop, SC, Goddard, ME, Woolaston, RR 2009. Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis did not adapt to long-term exposure to sheep that were genetically resistant or susceptible to nematode infections. International Journal for Parasitology 39, 607–614.Google Scholar
Kominakis, A, Theodoropoulos, G 1999. Selection of dairy sheep in Greece for parasitic nematode resistance: defining the aggregate genotype and evaluating selection schemes. Animal Science 69, 535–542.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kosgey, IS, van Arendonk, JAM, Baker, RL 2003. Economic values for traits of meat sheep in medium to high production potential areas of the tropics. Small Ruminant Research 50, 187–202.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Legarra, A, Ramon, M, Ugarte, E, Perez-Guzman, MD 2007. Economic weights of fertility, prolificacy, milk yield and longevity in dairy sheep. Animal 1, 193–203.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Love, S 1999. Residues and worm control in sheep and goats. Wool and sheepmeat services. Annual Conference 1999, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia, 15–16 November, 1999, pp. 145–147.Google Scholar
Luo, J, Goetsch, AL, Nsahlai, IV, Moore, JE, Galyean, ML, Johnson, ZB, Sahlu, T, Ferrell, CL, Owens, FN 2004. Voluntary feed intake by lactating, Angora, growing and mature goats. Small Ruminant Research 53, 357–378.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mahieu, M, Arquet, R, Kandassamy, T, Mandonnet, N, Hoste, H 2007. Evaluation of targeted drenching using Famacha© method in Creole goat: reduction of anthelmintic use, and effects on kid production and pasture contamination. Veterinary Parasitology 146, 135–147.Google Scholar
Mahieu, M, Archimede, H, Fleury, J, Mandonnet, N, Alexandre, G 2008. Intensive grazing system for small ruminants in the Tropics: The French West Indies experience and perspectives. Small Ruminant Research 77, 195–207.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mahieu, M, Arquet, R, Fleury, J, Coppry, O, Marie-Magdeleine, C, Boval, M, Archimede, H, Alexandre, G, Bambou, JC, Mandonnet, N 2009. Integrated control of gastrointestinal parasitism in grazing small ruminants in the humid tropics. 16 emes Rencontres autour des Recherches sur les Ruminants, Paris, les 2 et 3 Decembre 2009, pp. 265–268.Google Scholar
Mandonnet, N, Aumont, G, Fleury, J, Arquet, R, Varo, H, Gruner, L, Bouix, J, Khang, JVT 2001. Assessment of genetic variability of resistance to gastrointestinal nematode parasites in Creole goats in the humid tropics. Journal of Animal Science 79, 1706–1712.Google Scholar
Mandonnet, N, Ducrocq, V, Arquet, R, Aumont, G 2003. Mortality of Creole kids during infection with gastrointestinal strongyles: a survival analysis. Journal of Animal Science 81, 2401–2408.Google Scholar
Mandonnet, N, Bachand, A, Mahieu, A, Arquet, R, Baudron, F, Abinne-Molza, L, Varo, H, Aumont, G 2005. Impact on productivity of peri-parturient rise in fecal egg counts in Creole goats in the humid tropics. Veterinary Parasitology 134, 249–259.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Mandonnet, N, Menendez-Buxadera, A, Arquet, R, Mahieu, M, Bachand, M, Aumont, G 2006. Genetic variability in resistance to gastro-intestinal strongyles during early lactation in Creole goats. Animal Science 82, 283–287.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Moav, R, Hill, WG 1966. Specialised sire and dam lines. IV. Selections within lines. Animal Production 8, 375–390.Google Scholar
Perry, BD, Randolph, TF, McDermott, JJ, Sones, KR, Thornton, PK 2002. Investing in animal health research to alleviate poverty. ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), Nairobi, Kenya.Google Scholar
Phocas, F, Bloch, C, Chapelle, P, Becherel, F, Renand, G, Menissier, F 1998. Developing a breeding objective for a French purebred beef cattle selection programme. Livestock Production Science 57, 49–65.Google Scholar
Ponzoni, RW, Newman, S 1989. Developing breeding objectives for Australian beef-cattle production. Animal Production 49, 35–47.Google Scholar
Riley, DG, Van Wyk, JA 2009. Genetic parameters for FAMACHA (c) score and related traits for host resistance/resilience and production at differing severities of worm challenge in a Merino flock in South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology 164, 44–52.Google Scholar
Sahlu, T, Goetsch, AL, Luo, J, Nsahlai, IV, Moore, JE, Galyean, ML, Owens, FN, Ferrell, CL, Johnson, ZB 2004. Nutrient requirements of goats: developed equations, other considerations and future research to improve them. Small Ruminant Research 53, 191–219.Google Scholar
Sauvant, D, Giger-Reverdin, S, Meschy, F 2007. Alimentation des caprins. Alimentation des bovins, ovins et caprins. Editions Quae-INRA, Versailles, France, pp. 139–152.Google Scholar
Shrestha, JNB, Fahmy, MH 2007. Breeding goats for meat production 3. Selection and breeding strategies. Small Ruminant Research 67, 113–125.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Smith, C, James, JW, Brascamp, EW 1986. On the derivation of economic weights in livestock improvement. Animal Production 43, 545–551.Google Scholar
Torres-Acosta, JFJ, Hoste, H 2008. Alternative or improved methods to limit gastro-intestinal parasitism in grazing sheep and goats. Small Ruminant Research 77, 159–173.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Vagenas, D, Jackson, F, Russel, AJF, Merchant, M, Wright, IA, Bishop, SC 2002. Genetic control of resistance to gastro-intestinal parasites in crossbred cashmere-producing goats: responses to selection, genetic parameters and relationships with production traits. Animal Science 74, 199–208.Google Scholar
Wolfova, M, Wolf, J, Milerski, M 2009. Calculating economic values for growth and functional traits in non-dairy sheep. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 126, 480–491.Google Scholar
Woolaston, RR 1994. Preliminary evaluation of strategies to breed Merinos for resistance to roundworms. Proceedings of the 5th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Guelph, Canada, pp. 281–284.Google Scholar
Woolaston, RR, Baker, RL 1996. Prospects of breeding small ruminants for resistance to internal parasites. International Journal for Parasitology 26, 845–855.Google Scholar