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Title	Better odds of lamb survival in sheep at dry arid tropical region of India Not Available

Creator	G R GOWANE, C P SWARNKAR, H K NARULA and A CHOPRA

Subject	Arid, Gibbs sampling, Heritability, Neonatal mortality, Sheep welfare

Description	Not Available Lamb survival till first 28 days of life is critical as it increases the chances of economic gain in flock. Objective of the current study was to assess the incidence of neonatal mortality in lambs born in arid region of India and genetic and non-genetic factors affecting it. The present study was conducted using the data on 4,137 Magra and 4,595 Marwari sheep over 17 years (1999 to 2016). Incidence of neonatal mortality was very low in Magra (1.04%) and Marwari (2.48%) sheep, respectively in semi-intensive management system. Year and seasonal variation was observed for neonatal losses. Males had lower odds of survival as compared to females. Odds of survival were low if the lambs were born to dams of low body weight and in their first parity. It was observed that the lamb survival can be improved if due care of the lambs born with low birth weight ( ICAR-All India Network Programme on Neonatal Mortality in Farm Animals

Date	2020-09-08T10:52:29Z 2020-09-08T10:52:29Z 2020-04-01

Type	Article

Identifier	Not Available Not Available http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/41060

Language	English

Relation	Not Available;

Publisher	ICAR

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