This study retrospectively investigated the effect of breed and season on the lambing/kidding
dynamics, growth performance, neonatal viability, and weaning dynamics of sheep …

Production records for a flock of Djallonké sheep kept in the forest belt of Ghana were
analysed to determine the effects of some environmental factors on the performance of the …

Data on 298 lambs from 161 ewes of the Barbados Blackbelly breed from 1982 to 1985 at
the Blenheim Sheep Station in Tobago were studied to determine the influence of lambing …

Abstract The West African Dwarf Sheep (Djallonké) is popularly raised in Ghana and serve
as important source of protein in the diet, provide a source of income and play important …

A total of 147 ewes, 4 rams and 188 lambs of their progeny of the Djallonké breed of sheep
were used to study the factors affecting reproductive and growth traits and the causes of …

ABSTRACT Тье influence of lamb birth weights, year of birth. and parity on preweaning
death were observed in Yankasa sheep over a period of 4 years (1989-1992) in Misau …

The reproductive performance of ewes and the survivability of lambs to weaning have a
critical economic impact on sheep farming worldwide. Further, knowledge of major mortality …

The effects of genetic and environmental factors on birth weight (BWT), weaning weight at
12 weeks (WWT), pre-weaning average daily gain (PADG), body weight at 6 months (BW6) …

Performance of the Dorper and Mutton Merino breeds and their crosses was assessed from
1,305 ewe and 1,453 lamb records from six lambing seasons. Dorper and Mutton Merino …

Birth weight, which is subject to differences in prenatal nutrition, increased with parities to
the fifth among the subhumid zone (SH= 1.89 kg) dams and to the sixth among the humid …