This work aimed to study the sources of variation in productive and reproductive traits of the dairy Sicilo-Sarde ewes and to further investigate the interaction between both classes of traits. After edits, a database containing 5935 lactation records collected during 6 successive years in eight dairy flocks in the North of Tunisia was used. Total milked milk (TMM) in the milking-only period wa...

The present study aimed to determine the potential of front face fluorescence spectroscopy (FFFS) to discriminate between milk samples belonging to Sicilo-Sarde ewes fed with three different feeding groups –named control, scotch bean meal and soybean meal– throughout the lactation stage (11 weeks). Milk samples were classified by factorial discriminant analysis. Similar results were obtained by...

the effect of the substitution of imported raw materials (corn and soyabeans) by local food resources (barley, white sorghum, triticale and horse bean) on the parameters of faciesfermentation and digestibility in the rumen of sheep was evaluated. four sicilo-sarde rams 4.8±0.5 years of age with an average live weight of 45.25±3.5 kg, permanently canulated in the rumen and housed in individual c...

Genetic parameters were estimated for total milk yield of a Sicilo-Sarde flock (INRAT (Tunisian National Institute of Agronomic Research) Experiment Station, Béja) for 881 lactations. Total milk yields were calculated from 8220 bimonthly test day records using the Fleischmann method. Animals included in the relationship matrix were 363 ewes and 83 rams. Estimates were from the use of univariate...

The addition of concentrates of different types (cereals, maize and white sorghum) in the diet of dairy sheep leads to changes in rumen parameters and the end products of digestion in particular the total gas production. The objective of the present work was the determination of total gas and methane production (CH4) in the rumen of Sicilo Sarde rams supplemented by different types of concentra...

The effect of the substitution of imported raw materials (corn and soyabeans) by local food resources (barley, white sorghum, triticale and horse bean) on the parameters of faciesfermentation and digestibility in the rumen of sheep was evaluated. Four Sicilo-Sarde rams 4.8±0.5 years of age with an average live weight of 45.25±3.5 kg, permanently canulated in the rumen and housed in individual c...