Phenotypic characterization of Landim and Pafúri goat populations in Southern Mozambique based on morpho-structural traits and zoometric indices

• Deiby T. Culhe ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Deiby T. Culhe, Matilde F. Matola

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Animal Production and Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Maputo, Mozambique, Center for Genetic Resources and Animal Assisted Techniques (CRGTRA), Directorate of Animal Science (DCA), Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM), Matola, Mozambique

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• Matilde F. Matola ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Deiby T. Culhe, Matilde F. Matola

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Production and Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Maputo, Mozambique

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• Elio Muatareque,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Production and Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Maputo, Mozambique

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6478-6550

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• Milton P. Morrombe,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chobela Research Station, Centro Zonal Sul, Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM), Magude, Mozambique

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• Matilde A. Manhique,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chobela Research Station, Centro Zonal Sul, Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM), Magude, Mozambique

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• Ramos J. Tseu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Production and Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Maputo, Mozambique

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• Abílio P. Changule ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: abilio.changule1991@gmail.com

  Affiliation Center for Genetic Resources and Animal Assisted Techniques (CRGTRA), Directorate of Animal Science (DCA), Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM), Matola, Mozambique

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4697-0339

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• Maria da G. Taela,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Center for Genetic Resources and Animal Assisted Techniques (CRGTRA), Directorate of Animal Science (DCA), Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM), Matola, Mozambique

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• Custódio G. Bila,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Animal and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Maputo, Mozambique, Department of Research and Development, Intermed Mozambique Lda, Maputo, Mozambique, Center of Excelence in Agri-Food Systems and Nutrition (CEAFSN) - Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), Maputo, Mozambique, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Save University (UniSave), Gaza Delegation, Chongoene, Mozambique

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• Manuel Garcia-Herreros

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research (INIAV), Santarém, Portugal, CIISA-AL4AnimalS, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0911-6689

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