The effects of genotype and week of lactation on milk yield, udder dimensions and linear body measurements of non-dairy ewes

Autor: OA Akinola, CA Chineke, JA Alokan, O. O. Adewumi, IJ James
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nigerian Journal of Animal Production. 38:9-17
ISSN: 0331-2062
DOI: 10.51791/njap.v38i2.2787
Popis: One hundred and ninety two records were taken weekly for twenty four (24) weeks from West African Dwarf (WD), the Yankasa (YN) and the West African Dwarf X Yankasa crossbred (XB) sheep . The traits evaluated were milk yield (MK), linear body measurements (LB) such as height at withers, (HT), body length (BL), heart girth (HG), shoulder width (SW), Tail length (TA), Neck length (NL), Neck circumference (NC), Face length (FA), Hind leg length (HL), Foreleg length (FL), Face length (FA), Ear length (EA), Head width (HW) and Rump height (RH) together with the following Udder dimensions (UD): Udder circumference (UC), Teat length (TL) and Teat circumference (TC). There was significant (P
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