Biochemical polymorphisms in goats with special reference to the Hungarian Native breed

Abstract

Biochemical polymorphisms (Hb, serum transferrin, serum albumin, serum amylase, red cell phosphohexose isomerase, red cell carbonic anhydrase, ceruloplasmin and aryl esterase) of 224 Hungarian Native female goats and 21 imported male goats (German Improved, Saanen, Nubian and Slovakian White) were studied. On the basis of the observed gene frequency values these polymorphic traits cannot be used efficiently in parentage control work or in correlation studies. There was no apparent association betwen the Hb and transferrin type of the females and their reproductive performance.