Balasubramanyam, DJaishankar, SKathiravan, PSivaselvam, SNTANUVAS2020-09-192020-09-192011https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810151581TNV_IJFV_2011_6(3)63-65The sex ratio and reproductive performance of Madras Red sheep under field condition was recorded during the period 1997 - 2009. The lambing percentage ranged from 80.32 to 90.56 with an overall of 86.01 ± 0.91%. The total number of lambing recorded during the period of study was 27,967. Out of these 99.936% were born single, 0.060% births were twins and only one was triplet (0.004%). The male : female sex ratio of overall births recorded was 47.82 : 52.18 The male : female sex ratio of single births, twin births and triplet births recorded in the present study were 48.07 : 51.93, 44.12 : 55.88 and 66.67 : 33.33 respectively.EnglishVeterinary ScienceArticle