15 Years' production data on Dorper sheep at Katumani Research Station, Machakos
Overall birth rate 78%, overall twining rate 10%, average birth weight 3.6kg, stocking rate influences certain productions, e.g., a 75% increase in stocking rate decreased twinning by 46%, increased lamb losses by 186%; however, output from pastures in terms of lamb weaning weight was only 8% less in high stocking rate period than in low.
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Report biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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1975
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| Subjects: | livestock, sheep, parturition, multiple births, birth weight, mortality, weight gain, suckling, weaning, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70694 |
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