Using Linear Body Measurements to Predict Body Weight and Carcass Characteristics of Three Egyptian Fat-Tailed Sheep Breeds

A study on body weight and measurements of some fat-tailed iranian sheep breeds I. some sources of variation affecting body weight and measurements of karakul, mehraban, naeini,ghezel and bakhtiari ewes

Effect of dietary energy level and docking on carcass characteristics of fat-tailed Kurdi sheep

Effects of partial docking on feedlot performance and body fat characteristics were studied in a fat-tailed sheep breed. Thirty-eight male lambs with an average weight of 4.44 ± 0.48 were randomly divided into two groups. The lambs in one group were partially docked at 3-4 h after birth, using rubber rings, and the lambs in another group remained intact (control). After weaning, 20 male lambs f...

The Estimation of Body Weight from Body Measurements in Kilakarsal Sheep of Tamil Nadu, India

Data on body weight and body measurements (body length, height at withers, chest girth and paunch girth) of adult Kilakarsal sheep have been collected from 124 adult animals managed at the farmers filed in Tirunelveli districts of Tami Nadu, India to estimate the body weight from body measurements. The data were subjected to standard statistical analysis using SPSS software and linear regressio...

Wool production in some fat-tailed iranian sheep breeds I. some quantitative characteristics of karakul.mehraban,naeini,ghezel and bakhtiari breeds

effect of ephedrine on carcass characteristics of fat-tailed sheep

the effect of daily oral administration of ephedrine (0, 1, 2, 4 or 8 mg kg-1 w0.75) on carcasscharacteristics of forty-four 2 yr old crossbred (mehraban x ghezel) fat-tailed ewes was studied. theewes were fed a fattening ration, and received ephedrine by using a drenching gun for either 50 or 70days. there was a significant interaction (p