Some Growth, Reproduction and Lactation Characteristics of Hamdani Sheep
Abstract
This
research was conducted to determine some growth reproduction and lactation
characteristics of fat tailed Hamdani sheep in extensive farm conditions in the
Çığlı village of Çukurca district of Hakkari Province in Turkey. It was found
out that average of birth weight, weaning weight and 6th month live
weight were 4.13, 21.78 and 35.09 kg respectively. The average daily gains from
birth to weaning and from birth to the 6th month were 171.98 and
196.30 g respectively. Hamdani, sheep giving birth between December to
February, it’s reproduction characteristics such as lambing rate, infertility
rate, fecundity, twinning rate and litter size were found to be 92%, 8%, 1.04,
13.05% and 1.13 respectively. The survival rates of lambs until the 7th
and 90th (until weaning) days were 98.5% and 94.6% respectively. The
means of lactation milk yield and lactation length for ewes were 83.96 L and
170.98 days respectively.
Consequently, it was
concluded that Hamdani sheep had a better performance over performance for
traits in question compared to Turkish native sheep breeds and some certain
cross breeds developed and recently known in Turkey.
Keywords
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Erdal Bingöl
HAKKARİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye
Mehmet Bingöl
This is me
Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Zootekni Anabilim Dalı, Van
Türkiye
Publication Date
June 29, 2018
Submission Date
April 21, 2017
Acceptance Date
March 28, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 28 Number: 2
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