EFFECT OF AGE ON ECONOMIC TRAITS OF IMPROVED AWASSI SHEEP | ||
| The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 45, Issue 3, April 2014, Pages 291-298 | ||
| Authors | ||
| N. H. Alkudsi; A. H. Ibraheem | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study was conducted at Research Station of Ruminants in Abu Ghraib (20 km west of Baghdad ) from 22 / 5 / 2011 to 1/ 4 / 2012 . Sixty improved Awassi ewes were divided into three groups according to (Parity) in order to determine the relationship between 1, 2, 3 and 4 of body measurements with milk production. Results showed that: The mean value of milk production in this study 638,20 gm/d/ewe. The result show that the third group was high than first groups in milk production thru 4, 10, 12 and 16 weeks ,the milk amounts was 953.12, 887.36, 662.50 and 315.62 gm/d/ewe. Respectively, and the third group was significant than the first group of body wt. during the insemination period to the birth month. No effect of mother age on weight at birth and weaning, the average birth weight and weaning (four months) was 4.12 and 27.48 kg/hd. In conclusion selecting ewes for milk production concentration on chest diminution because is the best measurement of the body for producing milk. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| sheep; Milk; lambs | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 170 PDF Download: 71 |
||