Effect of factors in growth traits for Turkish and Local Awassi sheep

Authors

  • T. H.A. Al-Samarai Department of Animal Production/College of Agriculture/University of Diyala .
  • S. H.J. Al-Azawi Department of Animal Production/College of Agriculture/University of Diyala .
  • H. M. Ajeel Ministry of Agriculture \ Sheep and Goat breeding Station, State Board of Agricultural Research

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59658/jkas.v3i3.544

Keywords:

Sheep , Local Awassi , Turkish , growth traits

Abstract

         The study was 578 recordes to 407 ewes for growth traits (Birth weight , Weaning weight and average daily gains) carried out at Sheep and Goat  breeding Station, State Board of Agricultural Research, Ministry of Agriculture in Agargouf (25 km west of Baghdad) during of  five years from (2010-2014).The objective of this study was effect of some factors in growth traits.The overall mean were Birth weight , Weaning weight and average daily gains 3.76 ± 0.05 , 22.32 ± 0.19 and 18.56 ± 0.26, respectively.The results revealed were no significant effect of the breed group and sex of lamb in growth traits between sheep born of Turkish and Local Awassi. Type of birth and Lambing year  had highly significant (p<0.01) in growth traits .Month of birth had highly significant (p<0.01) in birth weight , while it is no  significant in weaning weight and  average daily gains.

Published

09/01/2016

How to Cite

Al-Samarai, T. H., Al-Azawi, S. H., & Ajeel, H. M. (2016). Effect of factors in growth traits for Turkish and Local Awassi sheep. Journal of Kerbala for Agricultural Sciences, 3(3), 66–73. https://doi.org/10.59658/jkas.v3i3.544

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