Risk-rated economic values for production and functional traits of Small East African goat using profit functions

The study reports the effect of incorporating risk in the derivation of economic values for traits of the breeding goal of Small East African goats under the pastoral production system. A model previously used to derive conventional economic values was revised to...

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Autores principales: Mbuku, S.M., Kosgey, I.S., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Kahi, A.K.
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: American Society of Animal Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78498
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author Mbuku, S.M.
Kosgey, I.S.
Okeyo Mwai, Ally
Kahi, A.K.
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Mbuku, S.M.
Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Kahi, A.K.
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description The study reports the effect of incorporating risk in the derivation of economic values for traits of the breeding goal of Small East African goats under the pastoral production system. A model previously used to derive conventional economic values was revised to incorporate variances of profit and risk attitudes of livestock keepers in estimation of risk-rated economic values. This resulted in a decrease in the estimated economic values by -14.7% (milk yield), -2.7% (12-month live weight), -23.9% (consumable meat percentage), -6.6% (mature doe live weight), -98% (mature buck live weight), -8.6% (kidding frequency), -8.2% (pre-weaning survival rate), -8.9% (post-weaning survival rate), -8.1% (doe survival rate) and 0% (residual feed intake). The decrease in the conomic values implied that livestock keepers who were risk averse were willing to accept lower expected returns to void the opportunity of unfavourable outcomes.
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spelling CGSpace784982025-11-04T16:27:10Z Risk-rated economic values for production and functional traits of Small East African goat using profit functions Mbuku, S.M. Kosgey, I.S. Okeyo Mwai, Ally Kahi, A.K. livestock animal production goats The study reports the effect of incorporating risk in the derivation of economic values for traits of the breeding goal of Small East African goats under the pastoral production system. A model previously used to derive conventional economic values was revised to incorporate variances of profit and risk attitudes of livestock keepers in estimation of risk-rated economic values. This resulted in a decrease in the estimated economic values by -14.7% (milk yield), -2.7% (12-month live weight), -23.9% (consumable meat percentage), -6.6% (mature doe live weight), -98% (mature buck live weight), -8.6% (kidding frequency), -8.2% (pre-weaning survival rate), -8.9% (post-weaning survival rate), -8.1% (doe survival rate) and 0% (residual feed intake). The decrease in the conomic values implied that livestock keepers who were risk averse were willing to accept lower expected returns to void the opportunity of unfavourable outcomes. 2014-08-22 2016-12-23T05:53:42Z 2016-12-23T05:53:42Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78498 en Open Access application/pdf American Society of Animal Science Mbuku, S.M., Kosgey, I.S., Okeyo, A.M. and Kahi, A.K. 2014. Risk-rated economic values for production and functional traits of Small East African goat using profit functions. IN: Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Vancouver, Canada, 17-22 August 2014. Champaign, USA: American Society of Animal Science.
spellingShingle livestock
animal production
goats
Mbuku, S.M.
Kosgey, I.S.
Okeyo Mwai, Ally
Kahi, A.K.
Risk-rated economic values for production and functional traits of Small East African goat using profit functions
title Risk-rated economic values for production and functional traits of Small East African goat using profit functions
title_full Risk-rated economic values for production and functional traits of Small East African goat using profit functions
title_fullStr Risk-rated economic values for production and functional traits of Small East African goat using profit functions
title_full_unstemmed Risk-rated economic values for production and functional traits of Small East African goat using profit functions
title_short Risk-rated economic values for production and functional traits of Small East African goat using profit functions
title_sort risk rated economic values for production and functional traits of small east african goat using profit functions
topic livestock
animal production
goats
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78498
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