Influence of Type of Birth and Sex on Weaning Weight of Dorper Crossbred Lambs

Tupinambá, Geraldo Dos Santos and Valente, Tiago Neves Pereira and Ribeiro, Jeferson Corrêa and Santos, Wallacy Barbacena Rosa dos and Cezário, Andréia Santos and Lima, Erico da Silva and Deminicis, Bruno Borges and Camargos, Aline Sousa (2018) Influence of Type of Birth and Sex on Weaning Weight of Dorper Crossbred Lambs. Journal of Agricultural Science, 10 (7). p. 492. ISSN 1916-9752

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.5539/jas.v10n7p492

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to analyze live weight and growth data of live weight at birth to 24.5-25.5 kg in weaned Dorper crossbred lambs. A total of 93 Dorper crossbred born lambs (½ Dorper + ½ Santa Inês) were evaluated, with percentage of 17.7 double (twin couple = 21%, twin with only females = 50%, twin with only males 29%). The sex of the lamb influenced (P < 0.05) the live weight at birth total (LWBtotal) and live weight at birth average (LWBaverage), the male lambs had in both characteristics superior values. No differences (P > 0.05) were found for the age at weaning (AW), live weight at birth total (LWWtotal) and live weight at weaning average (LWWaverage). For the type of birth all characteristics were significant (P < 0.05). For doubling birth the characteristics LWBtotal, AW and LWWtotal had higher values

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Academic Digital Library > Agricultural and Food Science
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Date Deposited:	17 May 2023 05:06
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2024 04:23
URI:	http://publications.article4sub.com/id/eprint/1529

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