Iranian fat-tailed sheepOestrous activityThis study was conducted in four successive breeding seasons (1986–1989) of oestrous activity in Iranian fat-tailed Mehraban ewes and ewe lambs. The ewe lambs normally attained puberty in their first year of life, and their age at first oestrus averaged ...
and development, large physique (the weight of the adult male sheep can reach over 55 kilograms and the weight of the female sheep can reach over 40 kilograms), high meat yield, good meat quality and strong adaptability, and is suitable for barn feeding and development of fat lamb production...
5). During the storm, subcutaneous fat deposits were virtually depleted but returned to normal after the storm had passed and when renesting was initiated. It should also be noted that during the storm of 1980, male white-crowned sparrows had normal levels of luteinizing hormone and testosterone...
The invention relates to a breeding method for a small tailed han sheep. The breeding method comprises the following steps that firstly, a lamb is treated; secondly, feeding is carried out in the growing period, and when the sheep grows to be 2-3-month old, mixed feed is used for feedin...
A major catalyst in the development of the breed was market and consumer resistance to the carcass quality of traditional fat-tailed and fat-rumped breeds, such as the Afrikaner and the Persian, that made up most of the sheep farmed in the arid to semi-arid areas of the country during ...
Participatory definition of breeding objectives and selection indexes for sheep breeding in traditional systems A farmer participatory approach was used to define breeding objectives and selection indexes for short-fat-tailed sheep in sheep–barley systems and Black ... S Gizaw,H Komen,JAMV Arendonk ...
This study assessed the changes of plasma vitamin A, E, and C and the lipid peroxidation status of sheep during breeding and pregnancy under drought conditions. The study was conducted on 105 cross-bred fat tailed ewes, 3–5 years old with body condition scores (BCS) of 2.5 to 3.5. The...
Administration of exogenous melatonin improves the diurnal rhythms of the gut microbiota in mice fed a high-fat diet. mSystems. 2020;5:e00002–20. 21. Zhang P, Feng Y, Li L, Ge W, Yu S, Hao Y, et al. Improvement in sperm quality and spermatogenesis following faecal microbiota ...
Some alpacas will over eat and become fat if given the opportunity, Overfed alpaca can also reduce greatly the quality of their fiber. The best information we have to date, has been published by Dr. LaRue Johnson DVM. of Veterinary Clinics of North America. Added to this information are ...
We conducted a survey of the sheep flock structures and breeding management practices in the sheep-barley and pastoral production systems in Ethiopia. The breeds surveyed in the sheep-barley system were short-fat-tailed Menz and Wollo sheep (Solomon et al., 2007b), and black-head-Somali sheep...