Research Article

Effect of Initial Live Weights on Fattening Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Anatolian Merino Male Lambs I. Fattening Performance

Volume: 24 Number: 4 December 25, 2010
  • Özcan Şahin
  • Saim Boztepe
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Effect of Initial Live Weights on Fattening Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Anatolian Merino Male Lambs I. Fattening Performance

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the effect of different initial live weighs on fattening performance of Anatolian Merino male lambs. For this aim, three groups whose initial live weights were 25, 30 and 35 kg were formed and approximately three months aged seven lambs were contained in each group. Body measurements were determined weekly for a fattening period lasted 63 days. In the end of the study, mean total live weight gains of the groups were 19.29, 19.43 and 20.43kg, daily live weight gains were 306, 308 and 324g, daily concentrate feed intake were 1.464, 1.620 and 1.663 kg and feed conversion ratios were 4.78, 5.25 and 5.13 respectively, The differences among groups in terms of daily live weight gain and feed conversion ratio were not statistically significant, but the differences for daily feed intake were significant (P< 0.05). As a result, initial live weight differences among groups maintained for the whole fattening period.

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English

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Zootechny (Other)

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Research Article

Authors

Özcan Şahin This is me
Türkiye

Saim Boztepe This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 25, 2010

Submission Date

January 1, 2010

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Year 2010 Volume: 24 Number: 4

APA
Şahin, Ö., & Boztepe, S. (2010). Effect of Initial Live Weights on Fattening Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Anatolian Merino Male Lambs I. Fattening Performance. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, 24(4), 25-29. https://izlik.org/JA89BK66ED
AMA
1.Şahin Ö, Boztepe S. Effect of Initial Live Weights on Fattening Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Anatolian Merino Male Lambs I. Fattening Performance. Selcuk J Agr Food Sci. 2010;24(4):25-29. https://izlik.org/JA89BK66ED
Chicago
Şahin, Özcan, and Saim Boztepe. 2010. “Effect of Initial Live Weights on Fattening Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Anatolian Merino Male Lambs I. Fattening Performance”. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences 24 (4): 25-29. https://izlik.org/JA89BK66ED.
EndNote
Şahin Ö, Boztepe S (December 1, 2010) Effect of Initial Live Weights on Fattening Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Anatolian Merino Male Lambs I. Fattening Performance. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences 24 4 25–29.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Şahin and S. Boztepe, “Effect of Initial Live Weights on Fattening Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Anatolian Merino Male Lambs I. Fattening Performance”, Selcuk J Agr Food Sci, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 25–29, Dec. 2010, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA89BK66ED
ISNAD
Şahin, Özcan - Boztepe, Saim. “Effect of Initial Live Weights on Fattening Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Anatolian Merino Male Lambs I. Fattening Performance”. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences 24/4 (December 1, 2010): 25-29. https://izlik.org/JA89BK66ED.
JAMA
1.Şahin Ö, Boztepe S. Effect of Initial Live Weights on Fattening Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Anatolian Merino Male Lambs I. Fattening Performance. Selcuk J Agr Food Sci. 2010;24:25–29.
MLA
Şahin, Özcan, and Saim Boztepe. “Effect of Initial Live Weights on Fattening Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Anatolian Merino Male Lambs I. Fattening Performance”. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, vol. 24, no. 4, Dec. 2010, pp. 25-29, https://izlik.org/JA89BK66ED.
Vancouver
1.Özcan Şahin, Saim Boztepe. Effect of Initial Live Weights on Fattening Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Anatolian Merino Male Lambs I. Fattening Performance. Selcuk J Agr Food Sci [Internet]. 2010 Dec. 1;24(4):25-9. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA89BK66ED

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