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Effect of breed, body condition score and age on some economic traits of local flocks ewes
Other Title(s)
تأثير السلالة، درجة حالة الجسم، و العمر على بعض الصفات الاقتصادية لنعاج القطعان المحلية
Author
Source
Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture
Issue
Vol. 45, Issue 4 (30 Sep. 2017), pp.295-302, 8 p.
Publisher
University of Mosul College of Agriculture and Forestry
Publication Date
2017-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study aimed to estimate the effect of breed, Body Condition Score (BCS) and age on some economic traitsof local flock’s ewes.
The ewes studied in the present investigation represent three local breeds (53 karadi, 44 Awassi and 47 Mamesh) bred in Erbil plain during the period from January/ 2009 to June /2010.The results showed a highly significant breed effect (p <0.01) on all the studied traits.
Mamesh ewes surpassed both Karadi and Awassi ewes in milk yield (102.269, 88.254 and 92.684 kg), respectively, besides the lambs of the same breed were superior in birth weight (4.885kg) and weaning weight (27.612kg) compared with karadi and Awassi lambs.
Greasy fleece weights of the Karadi, Awassi and Mamesh ewes were 2.220, 1.829 and 2.585kg respectively.
The superiority of Mamesh ewes were found to be highly significant (p <0.01).
The study also revealed that the (BCS) exerts an important effect on milk yield, greasy fleece weight and birth weight.
Ewes with (BCS) 4 showed a higher milk yield (102.883kg) as comparing with ewes having (BCS) 3(95.083kg) and that having (BCS) 2 (86.391kg) .Correlation coefficient highly significant (p <0.01) between birth weight and milk yield was 0.32and between birth weight and weaning weight was 0.38and between ewes body weight and greasy fleece weight was 0.43.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rauf, Salim Umar. 2017. Effect of breed, body condition score and age on some economic traits of local flocks ewes. Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture،Vol. 45, no. 4, pp.295-302.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-958144
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rauf, Salim Umar. Effect of breed, body condition score and age on some economic traits of local flocks ewes. Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture Vol. 45, no. 4 (Sep. 2017), pp.295-302.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-958144
American Medical Association (AMA)
Rauf, Salim Umar. Effect of breed, body condition score and age on some economic traits of local flocks ewes. Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture. 2017. Vol. 45, no. 4, pp.295-302.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-958144
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 300-301
Record ID
BIM-958144