Morphometric characterization and body measurment correlations in Lipska Pramenka sheep

Lipska sheep is an autochthonous Serbian population from the group of Pramenka (Zapfel) sheep, bred in the area around Smederevo, Požarevac and Mladenovac. The average weight of male animals (BW) is 95 kg and 62 kg of female animals. Other measurements of female animals are: wither height (WH) 74 cm...

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Main Authors: Ružić-Muslić Dragana, Cekić Bogdan, Ćosić Ivan, Maksimović Nevena, Caro-Petrović V., Delić Nikola, Lečić Nemanja
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Published: Institute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade 2022-01-01
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1450-9156/2022/1450-91562202081R.pdf
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author Ružić-Muslić Dragana
Cekić Bogdan
Ćosić Ivan
Maksimović Nevena
Caro-Petrović V.
Delić Nikola
Lečić Nemanja
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description Lipska sheep is an autochthonous Serbian population from the group of Pramenka (Zapfel) sheep, bred in the area around Smederevo, Požarevac and Mladenovac. The average weight of male animals (BW) is 95 kg and 62 kg of female animals. Other measurements of female animals are: wither height (WH) 74 cm, body length (BL) 78 cm, chest width (CW) 23 cm, chest depth (CD) 40 cm and hearth girth (HG) 91 cm. In the last sixty years, adult female animals gained in average ten kilograms of weight. Other linear measures also increased. The increase is a consequence of better animal management, especially improved diet. Since the reduction of the size of the population, larger animals have dominated, which probably caused the change in the genetic constitution of the breed. Female animals of Lipska sheep are higher compared to the animals of other fifteen Pramenka breeds with the exception of Istrian sheep. The area from which Lipska sheep originates has better soil and richer vegetation compared to the areas of other Pramenka breeds. Partial correlations corrected for weight between individual linear measures were positive, with values between 0.196 and 0.814. Most correlations range between 0.30 and 0.55. Body measurements were studied with ANOVA on females only. The effect of flock influenced all linear measures with the exception of CW, whereas the age of animals had no effect on BL, CW and CD. The increase of individual linear measures was 0.5 to 2.1 mm per kg of BW. The increase of most body measurements from the first to the fifth year was statistically significant (P<0.05).
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spelling doaj.art-79a8efd8efbc4b728c881701abd66b632023-01-31T07:52:01ZengInstitute for Animal Husbandry, BelgradeBiotechnology in Animal Husbandry1450-91562217-71402022-01-01382819110.2298/BAH2202081R1450-91562202081RMorphometric characterization and body measurment correlations in Lipska Pramenka sheepRužić-Muslić Dragana0Cekić Bogdan1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5288-2135Ćosić Ivan2Maksimović Nevena3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1447-9476Caro-Petrović V.4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6126-3846Delić Nikola5Lečić Nemanja6Institute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade-Zemun, SerbiaInstitute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade-Zemun, SerbiaInstitute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade-Zemun, SerbiaInstitute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade-Zemun, SerbiaInstitute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade-Zemun, SerbiaInstitute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade-Zemun, SerbiaInstitute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade-Zemun, SerbiaLipska sheep is an autochthonous Serbian population from the group of Pramenka (Zapfel) sheep, bred in the area around Smederevo, Požarevac and Mladenovac. The average weight of male animals (BW) is 95 kg and 62 kg of female animals. Other measurements of female animals are: wither height (WH) 74 cm, body length (BL) 78 cm, chest width (CW) 23 cm, chest depth (CD) 40 cm and hearth girth (HG) 91 cm. In the last sixty years, adult female animals gained in average ten kilograms of weight. Other linear measures also increased. The increase is a consequence of better animal management, especially improved diet. Since the reduction of the size of the population, larger animals have dominated, which probably caused the change in the genetic constitution of the breed. Female animals of Lipska sheep are higher compared to the animals of other fifteen Pramenka breeds with the exception of Istrian sheep. The area from which Lipska sheep originates has better soil and richer vegetation compared to the areas of other Pramenka breeds. Partial correlations corrected for weight between individual linear measures were positive, with values between 0.196 and 0.814. Most correlations range between 0.30 and 0.55. Body measurements were studied with ANOVA on females only. The effect of flock influenced all linear measures with the exception of CW, whereas the age of animals had no effect on BL, CW and CD. The increase of individual linear measures was 0.5 to 2.1 mm per kg of BW. The increase of most body measurements from the first to the fifth year was statistically significant (P<0.05).https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1450-9156/2022/1450-91562202081R.pdfpramenkalipska sheependangered breedslinear measurements
spellingShingle Ružić-Muslić Dragana
Cekić Bogdan
Ćosić Ivan
Maksimović Nevena
Caro-Petrović V.
Delić Nikola
Lečić Nemanja
Morphometric characterization and body measurment correlations in Lipska Pramenka sheep
Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry
pramenka
lipska sheep
endangered breeds
linear measurements
title Morphometric characterization and body measurment correlations in Lipska Pramenka sheep
title_full Morphometric characterization and body measurment correlations in Lipska Pramenka sheep
title_fullStr Morphometric characterization and body measurment correlations in Lipska Pramenka sheep
title_full_unstemmed Morphometric characterization and body measurment correlations in Lipska Pramenka sheep
title_short Morphometric characterization and body measurment correlations in Lipska Pramenka sheep
title_sort morphometric characterization and body measurment correlations in lipska pramenka sheep
topic pramenka
lipska sheep
endangered breeds
linear measurements
url https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1450-9156/2022/1450-91562202081R.pdf
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