KOYUNCU, M. and S. OZIS ALTINCEKIC, 2013. Testicular development and body growth in prepubertal ram lambs of Kivircik, Karacabey Merino and Tahirova in South Marmara region of Turkey. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 19: 152157 An experiment was conducted to compare testicular diameter (TD), testicular length (TL), scrotal circumference (SC), scrotal length (SL) and body weight (BW) gain of 150 ram lambs ...

An adult (two years old) Iranian cross-breed ram with alopecia, rough hair coats, thick and wrinkled skin,especially on the face, brisket, scrotum, tail and legs, presented with severe pruritus, poor condition andgeneralized unthriftiness. The animal was referred to the Veterinary Clinic of Shahid Bahonar University ofKerman. The vital signs and haematologic indices of the animal were normal. A...

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of ewe breed on the reaction time and semencharacteristics in the ram. For this purpose, from the native sheep breeds in Iran, seven Lory rams and fourewes (two Lory and two Ghezel breeds) were selected. Seven rams were individually subjected to 4 weeklytrials in which one of the following two treatments was applied alternately. All of rams were...

A study on the influence of gastrointestinal trichostrongyles on ram fertility was performed. Two groups of semen donor rams (Sarda breed) were utilized; one was experimentally infected with Haemonchus contortus, Trichostrongylus colubriformis and Teladorsagia circumcincta and the other was used as a control group. In all animals, coprological, haematological and reproductive parameters were st...

an adult (two years old) iranian cross-breed ram with alopecia, rough hair coats, thick and wrinkled skin,especially on the face, brisket, scrotum, tail and legs, presented with severe pruritus, poor condition andgeneralized unthriftiness. the animal was referred to the veterinary clinic of shahid bahonar university ofkerman. the vital signs and haematologic indices of the animal were normal. a...

Most donkey and local horse breeds are vulnerable to extinction as mechanization of agriculture progress throughout the world. The present study analyzed the pedigree and herd records of the donkey Asinina de Miranda breed (RAM), identifying genealogical and human factors that may affect the breed genetic diversity in the future and suggesting suitable strategies to breed preservation, early on...

The growth, development and meat qualities characteristics of different genotypes lambs he growth features three ram-lambs, from their birth to six months age, were studied, in particular: purebred youngling the Ascanian Fine-Fleeced breed (AFF), a cross this gene pool with Texel (AFFxT) Merinolandschaf (AFFxM) breeds. Control over these experimental animals was carried out by weighing age peri...

forty growing ram lambs (lori-bakhtiari breed) averaging 28 kg (±1.5) were allocated in this study to evaluate the optimal dietary energy density in a lamb fattening enterprise in iran. the feed intake (fi), body weight (bw), gain to feed ratio (g:f) and carcass characteristics were studied. four treatments differed in metabolizable energy content (me) as follow; 2, 2.3, 2.6 and 2.9 mcal/kg for...

the relationship between blood physiological attributes and carcass characteristics wasstudied in 40 randomly selected 8-month-old ram lambs of ghezel and mehraban (20 rams per breed)sheep. one day before slaughter, blood samples were obtained after a 24 hr fast. serum samples wereassayed for glucose, cholesterol, serum urea nitrogen (sun), total protein, albumin, triglycerides,creatinine, and ...

A 3-yr study was conducted to comprehensively evaluate Columbia, Suffolk, USMARCComposite (Composite), and Texel breeds as terminal sires in an extensive rangeland production system. The objective was to estimate breed-of-ram effects on ewe fertility, prolifi cacy, and dystocia, and sire breed effects on lamb survival and growth until weaning at approximately 132 d of age. Data were from 22 Col...