Effect of environmental factors on performance of purebred and crossbred Santa Inês lambs from birth to 154 days of age

Effect of environmental factors on performance of purebred and crossbred Santa Inês lambs from birth to 154 days of age

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the environmental effects (age of dam at lambing, type of birth and sex of lamb) and genetic groups (Santa Inês and ½ Santa Inês) on weight and morphometric measurements (heart girth, body length and height) of lambs; to test linear and allometric regres...

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Main Authors: Natália Albieri Koritiaki, Edson Luis de Azambuja Ribeiro, Ivone Yurika Mizubuti, Leandro das Dores Ferreira da Silva, Marco Aurélio Alves de Freitas Barbosa, Danielle Clivati Scerbo, Carolina Amália de Souza Dantas Muniz, Francisco Fernandes Júnior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2013-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
Subjects:
allometric growth
body morphometry
body weight
sheep
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982013000200002

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