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Average daily gain of female lambs from the Karnobat local breed until weaning

Average daily gain of female lambs from the Karnobat local breed until weaning

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Subject of the study were 15 female and 15 male lambs from the Karnobat local sheep breed. The aim of the experiment was to monitor the weight development of offspring with different types of birth in the period before weaning. The study was conducted in 2020 with a flock owned by the Institute of Agriculture – Karnobat. There were 4 groups of lamb...

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... average values for gain in female offspring for the studied periods were respectively: 0.233 kg, 0.258 kg, 0.312 kg and 0.282 kg ( Table 2). The coefficients of variation for the trait were highest for the period 70-90 days, when the lambs realized gain mainly as a result of feed intake and showed their individual growth potential with reduced maternal effect. ...
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... results in Tables 1 and 3 indicate that male lambs outperformed females by 4.82% to 9.23% in live weight at the studied ages. The superiority of males in average daily gain was from 3.33% to 14.18% in periods (Tables 2 and 4). ...

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