The progress of the Alaminos Anglo Dairy Line (AADL) breeding program continues to make us happy breeders at Alaminos Goat Farm. With time on our side we are slowly making big progress in crossing the local Nubian does with the American Nubian bucks we imported from the United States. Adaptability to the tropical environment was added to the original selection criteria of 2 liters per day with a 305 days in lactation. When we were starting the AADL breeding program, we were advised by our friends from PCAARRD, Dr. Synan Baguio and Ed Magbuo that we need to have the patience if we want to see this through. They said genetic improvement is a slow process that would require long period of time. For purebred herds, genetic improvement seen no matter how small through a long period of time for every generation would be big at the end. This is where selection comes in, picking up the Top 10% of the goats produced for every generation would result to permanent improvement with in the herd. Recording of individual performance are being done meticulously. Individual daily milk records are done everyday. Kidding weight of progenies are recorded and weight gain of young kids are closely monitored for the first 60 days. Records are a valuable tool in making decision in selection.
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 06:40:34 +0000
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