FACTORS AFFECTING BIRTH WEIGHT IN MADRAS RED LAMBS

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Date
2006-04
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Indian Society for Sheep and Goat Production and Utilization
Abstract
Birth weight is the first observed trait in a life of an animal on which growth, reproduction and production traits depend. The Madras Red sheep is a mutton type breed of Tamil Nadu. The infom1ation on Madras Red sheep is scanty. Therefore this study was undertaken to study the effect of sex, type of birth, season, dam's weight and year of birth on birth weight of Madras Red sheep.
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TNV_IJSR_2006_12(1)115-116
Keywords
Veterinary Science, Small Ruminants
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