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Productivity of Horro ewes under 12-monthly and 8-monthly mating systems

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Title Productivity of Horro ewes under 12-monthly and 8-monthly mating systems
 
Creator Awgichew, K.
Tiyo, D.
Gojam, Y.
 
Subject SHEEP
BREEDS
ETHIOPIA
EWES
PRODUCTIVITY
MATE
 
Description After a preliminary common lambing, Horro ewes were mated either twice at 12-month intervals or three times at 8-month intervals over a period of two years. There were no significant differences between the two mating systems in their productivity at each lambing. However, ewes in the 8-monthly system lambed on average 2.6 times during the two years, whereas ewes in the 12-monthly system lambed on average only 1.6 times during the same period. As a consequence, total production over two years increased from 2.2 to 3.5 lambs born.
 
Date 2016-02-08T09:07:44Z
2016-02-08T09:07:44Z
1989
 
Type Conference Paper
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10568/70912
 
Language en