in this study, production, reproduction, managerial, and economic parameters obtained from data recorded for lori-bakhtiari flock of sheep (500 heads of breeding ewe) stationed at the sheep's breeding station, were employed to determine the relative economic values of and breeding objectives for an annual cycle of production, in village system in this breed of sheep. economic value for a t...

The aim of the present experiment was to determine the growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (PRL) secretions in relation to the milk yield of lambed sheep used for milk under different photoperiodic conditions. The study was carried out at the Experimental Station of the Department of Sheep and Goat Breeding of the Agricultural University in Krakow, using 60 Polish Long-wool sheep assigned to thre...

An experiment was carried out to compare the effect of feeding posidonia australis as a non-conventional feedstuff with cereal straw for sheep maintenance; and to compare seagrass/chicken litter with lucerne hay and pasture for sheep production on a scale such as would be applicable to lot-feeding of sheep in the area of suthern Australia in case of short term feed scarcity. To approach this ta...

Sheep production systems are diverse in Europe, and welfare assessment should consider this diversity, including differences breed type, climatic conditions, time of the year. The aim study was to evaluate 100 commercial sheep farms Spain, therefore Mediterranean using a list 24 indicators, comprising three for good feeding, five housing, 11 health, appropriate behavior. includes indicators fro...