Effect of live weight pre- and post-lambing on milk production of East Friesian sheep

The study was conducted to analyse the effect of sheep body weight (BW) at mating, mid-pregnancy, lambing, early lactation, mid-lactation and late lactation on milk yield and patterns of milk production. Also, the effects of environmental factors such as number of lambing (NL) and type of lambing (T...

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Main Authors: Juan C. Ángeles Hernández, Sergio Radic Schilling, Marcela A. Vera Arias, Ricardo A. Echeverría Pérez, Octavio Alonso Castelán-Ortega, Aurora H. Ramírez Pérez, Manuel González Ronquillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2017.1349536