Ewe and lamb pre-weaning performance of Pelibuey and Katahdin hair sheep breeds under humid tropical conditions
Pre-weaning is an important stage in sheep production systems focussed on meat production. In this stage, maternal ability has a key role in lamb development and productivity. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of breed and litter size at birth on the ewe and lamb pre-weaning per...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Italian journal of animal science 2019-01, Vol.18 (1), p.850-857 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Pre-weaning is an important stage in sheep production systems focussed on meat production. In this stage, maternal ability has a key role in lamb development and productivity. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of breed and litter size at birth on the ewe and lamb pre-weaning performance under tropical conditions. The lambs and their dams were managed in a feedlot system during 56 days in individual pens. Milk production was estimated weekly by the weight-suck-weight method. Daily milk production (DMY), total milk production (TMY), body weight change during the lactation (BWC), litter weaning weight (LWW) and ewe weaning efficiency (EE) were estimated as ewe pre-weaning performance; and, birth weight, weaning weight at 56 days and average daily gain were estimated as lamb pre-weaning performance. Katahdin ewes produced more TMY than Pelibuey ewes (p |
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ISSN: | 1828-051X 1594-4077 1828-051X |
DOI: | 10.1080/1828051X.2019.1599305 |