The Phenotypic Correlations Among Some Production Traits of the Hair Goats Bred on the Private Farm Conditions in Aydin Province

This study was conducted to investigate the phenotypic correlations among milk production traits, hair production traits of Hair goats which was bred at two private farms in Aydın and the phenotypic correlations between birth weight and body weights in different growth periods and between birth weight and survivability of their kids. The material of the study was formed a total date of 456 Hair goats, which were between 2 and 7 years of age and their 439 kids bred in the years 2003 and 2004. It was determined that the phenotypic correlations among all the milk production traits and the phenotypic correlations between hair production and body weight and hair characteristics of Hair goats were positive and statistically significant (p<0.01), on the contrary, the phenotypic correlations between staple length and fibre diameter of different body regions were not statistically significant (p>0.05). In addition to in the study, the phenotypic correlations between birth weight and body weights in different growth periods of kids were positive and statistically significant (p<0.01), while the phenotypic correlations between birth weight and survivability in preweaning period were not statistically significant (p>0.05).