Yousif M. S. Noori Al-Barzinji

Salahaddin University - Erbil | SUH · College of Agriculture Engineering Sciences

Abstract In the Kurdistan region, sheep play a pivotal role as the most significant farm animals, with lamb sales constituting a major portion of the income. In present study data was collected from commercial Karadi ewes flock located in Chawg village, Halabja province, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. A total of 163 ewes were utilized to investigate th...

ABSTRACT This study was conducted on 67 local doe goat, aged from 2-5 years old. The overall mean of TMY, DMY and lactation length of 1st and 2nd flocks were (130.541 ± 7.403 kg, 0.716 ± 0.033kg, and 182.432 ± 4.112 day) and (164.043 ± 8.788 kg, 0.832 ± 0.043 kg, 197.027 ± 2.650 day), respectively. The flock, age of doe, doe coat color, month o...

The current study has done on two generations of three Kurdish quall breeds, which were raised as purebreds and hybrids through crossing among them. The present study aimed to evaluate purebreds(desert, brown and white and their hybrids for growth and egg productive traits. The genetic evaluation for these economic traits was applied. The purebreds...

This research was carried out to determine the effect of crossing between the three lines of Kurdish quail on some productive traits depending on plumage color, in order to obtain a genetic combination that is distinguished in productive performance and superior in its performance on pure lines, and to demonstrate 80 quail chicks one-day old for ea...

The study aimed to find association between GH, IGF-I and PRL loci with body weight traits in local quail. Three hundred of three lines of local quail were used in the study. The molecular results showed polymorphism for all loci. The five, four and five alleles for GH, IGF-I and PRL locus, respectively were recorded. The allele D of GH, allele A o...

The study was conducted on 118 partridges (Alectoris graeca) chicks in order to find the effect of non-genetic factors and genetic evaluation of live weight and carcass of this bird. The results showed a highly significant superiority of the weights of males over females in most age stages (437.71 ± 4.40 vs 375.90 ± 3.66 g/ bird at marketing age) a...

This research was carried out to compare the productivity performance of three lines of local quail. The results showed a significant superiority in the daily gain weight (3.76 g/day/quail) and marketing weight (167.2 g/quail) for brown quail over other colors. Also, significant differences were found in the dressing ratio between males (67.8%) and...

ABSTRACT The study aimed to know the productive efficiency of the hybrids produced by cross-breeding three different colors of local quail. The results showed that the highest value of hybrid vigor/heterosis was 4.5% of the body weight at 42 days of age for the quail resulting from the crossbreeding of brown males with white females. The highest va...

Abstract This study aimed to identify the best ewes’ genotypes using molecular technique for identifying αs1-casein, β-lactoglobulin and αs2-casein genes that have major effect on milk traits in Hamdani ewes. The age of ewes, sex of lambs and type of lambing had a significant effect on total milk yield, average daily milk yield and density of ra...

The objective of this study was to investigate association between FecGH-GDF-9 gene polymorphism and litter size in Hamdani fat-tailed sheep. The genomic DNA was extracted from eighty-seven blood samples of Hamdani ewes. The FecGH-GDF-9 locus was detected by PCRs, and identified DNA genotyped by DNA sequencing. The evaluate several parameters inclu...

The objective of this study was to investigate the polymorphisms of three loci (SEMA3E, GH and TLX) that related with growth traits in local quail. A total of 720 birds (males and females) from three lines (desert, brown and white) were used. The results revealed that the effects of the line were significant on bird body weight and carcass weight a...

Infectious bronchitis disease is becoming the most challenging disease in broiler fields in Iraq. This disease leads to massive economic loss every round of production. Three vaccine strains H120, Ma5, and 4/91 are used to combat the disease during the production period while outbreaks occur continuously. This study aimed to investigates the pr...

This reference contains teaching some materials on animal breeding and genetics as well as information on the results of research carried out by many investigators on Hamdani sheep, in Kurdistan - Iraq. The book focuses on the following: 1- Issues in Sheep Breeding in the 20th Century, 2- Modern Technology in Sheep Breeding, 3- Past, Current and...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the body weight, carcass traits, egg weight, egg production, fertility, and hatchability from three different lines of local quails. A total of 945 eggs 334, 321 and 290 for desert, brown and white varieties quails, respectively, from 20 weeks of age were used in the study. Results were significantly (P≤0.05)...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate fertility, hatchability, egg weight and egg production traits from three different lines of local quails. A total number of 945 eggs (334, 321 and 290 for desert, brown and white, respectively), from 20 weeks of age were used in the study. White quail significantly (P≤0.05) produce higher egg weight (12.79 ±...

Avian infectious bronchitis disease is reported as the main problem in the poultry industry in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. This study was performed to diagnose Infectious bronchitis among suspected broiler farms located in Duhok governorate, Northern of Iraq as well as to evaluate the efficiency of Real-Time PCR for the detection of the causative...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate fertility, hatchability, egg weight and egg production traits from three different lines of local quails. A total number of 945 eggs (334, 321 and 290 for desert, brown and white, respectively), from 20 weeks of age were used in the study. White quail significantly (P≤0.05) produce higher egg weight (12.79 ±...

The aim present study is to determine genetic distances among three local ornamentals with five commercial ornamental chickens using ten RAPD primer and specific mitochondrial DNA locus. Twenty RAPD primers were used; ten out of them were selected based on their number of bands (NB) and polymorphic characteristics. A total of 66 bands observed, 55...

The study was done to determine the genetic evaluation and effects of some factors on body weight and dimensions for Pishdar dogs, which are specified in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. About 74 selected dogs were used in this study. The mean body weight was 73.50 ±13.33 kg/dog. Data were subjected to SAS programs (ANOVA) to determine the effects of...

The aim present study is to determine genetic distances among three local ornamental s with five commercial ornamental chickens using ten RAPD primer and specific mitochondrial DNA locus. Twenty RAPD primers were used; ten out of them were selected based on their number of bands (NB) and polymorphic characteristics. A total of 66 bands observed, 55...

The aim of study was to investigate the potential candidate gene SEMA3E, TLX and GH and their association with the economic traits, which is becoming increasingly important in poultry breeding program. A total of 72 genomic DNA samples from three female local lines of quail including (desert, brown and white) were collected to determine the associa...

Present study aimed to characterization Pishdar shepherd dogs which is a native breed specified in Kurdistan-Iraq. For this purpose the RAPD markers were used to study genetic diversity among nine geographical locations in Suliamani governorate. A total of 74 samples were typed using twenty RAPD primers. Moreover, fourteen out of the twenty primers...

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of some factors on birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), marketing weight (MW), average daily gain (ADG), daily milk yield (DMY), total milk yield (TMY), protein and fat percentage. A 135 ewes from three flocks used, 114 of them were lambed. The mean ± SE of BW, WW, MW, ADG, DMY, TMY, protein p...

The objective of present study was to investigate sequencing of four genes (AlphaS1-casein, alphaS2-casein, beta lactoglobulin and Major histocompatibility complex) that related to milk traits in Karadi sheep. A total of 300 ewes from three flocks were studied. The results revealed which are include effects of lamb’s sex, dam’s age and month of lam...

ABSTRACT The present study was to investigate genotypes of three genes (MSTN, CAST and MHC-DRB1) that related to body weight in Awassi lambs. A total of 52 lambs were used. The DNA concentration and DNA purity (A260/280) was calculated automatically by nanodrop and ranged between 10.53-53.94 ng/μl and 1.51-2.19, respectively. The RFLP-PCR results s...

ABSTRACT The randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used to detect the genetic variations and polymorphism among three different colors of local quail (desert, brown and white). Out of twenty random primers used, thirteen were able to amplify and showed bands. The total fragment number arrived 310 with size range from 250 to 2800 bp...

The objective of the present study was to determine genetic diversity among three geese color types using RAPD markers and hematological parameters. The overall mean, of the live weights, Hemoglobin, Hetrophil %, Lymphocyte %, Monocyte %, and H/L ratio were 3.006 (kg), 14.64, 36.896, 49.896, 2.233 and 0.736 respectively. The breed, sex and interact...

The present study was conducted on different colors of local goat breeds. A number of 216 does were sampled from the seven groups. Genomic DNA was extracted from the blood samples. From the twenty used RAPD primers 12 of them were amplified, and presence of bands. The total fragment number of 12 primers over all the goat breed samples was 485 fragm...

ABSTRACT The TGF-β super family, (GDF9, BMP-15 and BMPR-IB) have been shown to be essential for follicular growth and ovulation in the sheep breeds. The present study aimed to test the presence mutations of the fecundity genes association with fertility, controlling ovulation rate and litter size in four Iraqi sheep breeds (Kurdi, Hamdani, Arabi an...

ABSTRACT Cashmere is only produced from Maraz (Kurdi) goat breed in Iraqi Kurdistan Region. The objective of this study was to assess the genetic diversity of different Maraz color types, black goat and Shami breeds using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. Fourteen primers were used and nine out of them were selected based on their nu...

ABSTRACT This study was undertaken on fifty local turkey (black, red and narragansett) and twenty six commercial turkey breeds (black, white and red). Out of twenty random primers used, twelve of them were amplified, and presence of bands. The total fragment number over all the turkey samples was 324 with size range of fragments ranged from 220 to...

Towards Finding Novel Gene Controlling Ovulation rate in Iraqi Sheep

This study was undertaken using the random amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) to determine the genetic relatedness among three turkey lines (black-feathered, red-feathered and Narragansett) in Erbil governorate. A total of fifty blood samples of both sexes were used. Out of twenty random primers, twelve of them were ampl...

Present study was done to determent the genetic evaluations and effects of some non-genetic factors on post weaning performance and body dimensions of Awassi lambs in Iraqi Kurdistan Region. A total of 86 lambs were used in this study post weaning weight, gains and body dimensions until marketing age (6 month) were estimated on each lamb. Data was...

Summary This study was undertaken on three local feather colors (Black, red and Narragansett) turkey and three commercial (black, white and red) turkey breeds during 25/09/2013 to 05/04/2014. A total of fifty blood samples of both sexes were collected from the selected local turkey (A total of ten samples of local turkey were collected from Murtka...

This work was the first work done used molecular technique(biotechnology)as tools on small ruminant in Kurdistan Region of Iraq to select the animal depended on both genotype & phenotype, also tried to find correlation between molecular marker (SSR) with economical traits specially in sheep. Identification and characterization of breeds is a must t...

RAPD-DNA markers were used to study genetic characterization among four locations for Karadi sheep breed in Sulamania governorate. A total of 40 samples were typed using twenty RAPD primers. Nine out of the twenty primers had clear bands, which used to investigate the genetic variations among four locations(Halabjai Taza, Penjwen, Halabja and Sharb...

RAPD (Random amplified polymorphic DNA) markers were used to study genetic diversity among three Kurdish sheep breeds (the Karadi, Hamdani and Jaff) with the Awassi sheep breed. A total of 40 samples were typed using twenty RAPD primers. Ten out of the twenty primers had clear bands, which used to investigate the genetic variations among breeds. On...

SUMMARY This study was undertaken on four sheep breeds during 8/6/2012 to 15/1/2013. A total of forty sheep of both sex were sampled. Ten blood samples of Karadi sheep were collect from Halabjai Taza (46 km of Sulaimani) and Penjwen (99 km of Sulaimani). Ten blood samples of Hamdani sheep were collect from flock of Shex Wasal village (11 km of Sul...

Abstract: This study was conducted to identify polymorphism in Booroola gene (FecB) in five Iraqi sheep breeds (Hamdani, Karadi, Arabi, Naeimi and Awassi). About fifty mature ewes (Ten for each breed used as pooled samples) were genotype for the Booroola (BMPRIB) receptor. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used for amplification of a fragment...

Abstract: This study was conducted to identify polymorphism in Booroola gene (FecB) in five Iraqi sheep breeds (Hamdani, Karadi, Arabi, Naeimi and Awassi). About fifty mature ewes (Ten for each breed used as pooled samples) were genotype for the Booroola (BMPRIB) receptor. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used for amplification of a fragment...

Data were collected on 38 lambs, descendants of 4 Awassi rams. The overall means ± SD for birth weight, weaning weight (4 months) and average daily gain weight were (62.4 ± 0.57), (37.57 ± 4.45) and (0.277 ± 0.04) kg, respectively. The rams and month of birth have significant effect on ADG and WW. Whereas, sex of lamb has significant effect of BW,...

Data were collected on 38 lambs, descendants of 4 Awassi rams. The overall means ± SD for birth weight, weaning weight (4 months) and average daily gain weight were (62.4 ± 0.57), (37.57 ± 4.45) and (0.277 ± 0.04) kg, respectively. The rams and month of birth have significant effect on ADG and WW. Whereas, sex of lamb has significant effect of BW,...

Data were collected on 38 lambs, descendants of 4 Awassi rams. The overall means ± SD for birth weight, weaning weight (4 months) and average daily gain weight were (62.4 ± 0.57), (37.57 ± 4.45) and (0.277 ± 0.04) kg, respectively. The rams and month of birth have significant effect on ADG and WW. Whereas, sex of lamb has significant effect of BW,...

Data were collected on 38 lambs, descendants of 4 Awassi rams. The overall means ± SD for birth weight, weaning weight (4 months) and average daily gain weight were (62.4 ± 0.57), (37.57 ± 4.45) and (0.277 ± 0.04) kg, respectively. The rams and month of birth have significant effect on ADG and WW. Whereas, sex of lamb has significant effect of BW,...

ABSTRACT This experiment was included 655 test-days for milk yield and fat percentage in Hamdani ewes obtained from 56 ewes raised at Grdarasha station- College of Agriculture, Salahaddin University during period from 2001 t0 2002. The daily milk yield showed to be highest at 6, 8 and 10 weeks after lambing. The mean daily milk yield and fat % were...

The relationship between microsatellite polymorphism and economical traits (meat, milk and wool) of Hamdani sheep breed was investigated in two local flocks in Kurdistan. A total of 10 out of 35 microsatellites markers could be considered on flanking markers to TLW, TMY, WP and IV in Hamdani sheep. Out of 35 microsatellites investigated, result rev...

ABSTRACT Effects of sex, age, coat color, kidding status, season of kidding and number of kids rearing on raw fleece yield and body dimensions were studied. Furthermore, effects of sex, type of birth, season of birth, kid coat color and age of does were also investigated on weaning weight. The statistical analyses of this study were based on 123 ad...

The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of some non genetic factors affected weaning and raw fleece yields. The effect of selection (goat owner preference) on genotype for coat color in Maraz goats in Kurdistan region of Iraq were also investigated.

Abstract : The genetic variation in Hamdani sheep in the Kurdistan region of Iraq was studied using 35 microsatellite markers. All 35 markers were found to be highly polymorphic. The mean number of observed alleles ranged from four at BMS1494 to twenty five at BM6444 and INRABERN185 loci. The polymorphic information content (PIC) values ranged f...

The genetic variation in Hamdani sheep in the Kurdistan region of Iraq was studied using 35 microsatellite markers. All 35 markers were found to be highly polymorphic. The mean number of observed alleles ranged from four at BMS1494 to twenty five at BM6444 and INRABERN185 loci. The polymorphic information content (PIC) values ranged from 0.208 for...

ABSTRACT This study was carried out to investigate possible polymorphisms in FecB gene. Blood samples were collected from 64 ewes of Hamdani sheep. Genomic DNA was extracted using Magic buffer method. The quantity and quality of extracted DNA was examined with spectrophotometery and gel electrophoresis. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used...

SUMMARY Total lamb weights weaned (TLW), total milk yield (TMY) and wool production (WP) of Hamdani ewes were investigated in a random sample of Karadi breed (Hamdani) in Kurdistan. Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (BLUP) of ewes at Agricultural College and Commercial flocks for the traits studied was calculated using SAS (2002). Genetic-economic in...

A STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY WEIGHT AND BODY DIMENSIONS OF LAMBS AT WEANING AND SELECTION OF HAMDANI EWES FOR MILK PRODUCTION Faris Y.Abdul-Rahman Yousif M.S. Al-Barzinjy Coll.of Agric. & Forestry, Mosul Univ. Coll.of Agric., Salahaddin Univ. ABSTRACT The relationships between body weight, body and fat tail dimensions of 119 hamdani l...

STUDY OF SOME NON-GENETIC FACTORS AFEECTING GESTATION PERIOD AND BIRTH WEIGHT IN HAMMDANI EWES Yousif Mohammad Salh Noori Al-Barzinjy College of Agriculture.,Salahaddin University-Erbil ABSTRACT The experiment has been conducted on 58 Hammdani ewes 2-5 years old at the sheep farm/ Girdarasha/College of Agric. – Univ. of Salahaddin during 2003-200...

Summary: This study was incited at the Grdarasha farm station Agriculture collage University of Salahhadden , Erbil , Iraq. And the objective was to investigate the daily milk yield for monthly cyclic test from Hammdani ewes over one season during(2004-2005). Daily milk yield of (56) ewes (with a total number of measurement of 280) were taken duri...

SUMMARY This Study was performed on two governments flocks of sheep in Erbil.The first flock belongs to the college Agriculture -University of Salahaddin at Girdarasha while the second flock belongs to Nawroz Farm - Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation at Girdarasha too, The experimental was conducted during the years(2001-2002) information inclu...