Growth and reproduction performance of Blackhead Persian sheep in Tanzania

Data collected at the livestock research centres, Malya and West Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, to determine the effects of genotype and environment on birth weight, weaning weight and weight at 24, 48, and 72 weeks of age were analysed. Records on the birth weight (n = 6207), weaning weight (n = 4444), wei...

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Main Authors: Sendalo, D.S.C., Das, S.M., Mtenga, L.A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 1994
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66675
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description Data collected at the livestock research centres, Malya and West Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, to determine the effects of genotype and environment on birth weight, weaning weight and weight at 24, 48, and 72 weeks of age were analysed. Records on the birth weight (n = 6207), weaning weight (n = 4444), weights at 24 weeks (n = 3494), 48 weeks (n = 2633) and 72 weeks of age (n = 1874) were evaluated for fixed effects: year of birth, season of birth, sex, birth type, age of dam and location of differences. The overall unadjusted mean weight at birth and weaning were 2.68 and 15.15 kg, respectively. The mean weights at 24, 48 and 72 weeks of age were 18.19, 22.93 and 33.24 kg respectively. Year had significant effect on birth weight, weaning weight and weights at 24, 48 and 72 weeks of age. Season also significantly influenced all weights except for birth weight and weight at 24 weeks of age. Birth type had significant effect on birth weight (P
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spelling CGSpace666752023-02-15T13:14:15Z Growth and reproduction performance of Blackhead Persian sheep in Tanzania Sendalo, D.S.C. Das, S.M. Mtenga, L.A. sheep reproduction animal production productivity Data collected at the livestock research centres, Malya and West Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, to determine the effects of genotype and environment on birth weight, weaning weight and weight at 24, 48, and 72 weeks of age were analysed. Records on the birth weight (n = 6207), weaning weight (n = 4444), weights at 24 weeks (n = 3494), 48 weeks (n = 2633) and 72 weeks of age (n = 1874) were evaluated for fixed effects: year of birth, season of birth, sex, birth type, age of dam and location of differences. The overall unadjusted mean weight at birth and weaning were 2.68 and 15.15 kg, respectively. The mean weights at 24, 48 and 72 weeks of age were 18.19, 22.93 and 33.24 kg respectively. Year had significant effect on birth weight, weaning weight and weights at 24, 48 and 72 weeks of age. Season also significantly influenced all weights except for birth weight and weight at 24 weeks of age. Birth type had significant effect on birth weight (P 1994 2015-06-05T12:17:07Z 2015-06-05T12:17:07Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66675 en Open Access Sendalo. D.S.C., Das, S.M. and Mtenga, L.A. 1994. Growth and reproduction performance of Blackhead Persian sheep in Tanzania. Small Ruminant Research PP. 252.
spellingShingle sheep
reproduction
animal production
productivity
Sendalo, D.S.C.
Das, S.M.
Mtenga, L.A.
Growth and reproduction performance of Blackhead Persian sheep in Tanzania
title Growth and reproduction performance of Blackhead Persian sheep in Tanzania
title_full Growth and reproduction performance of Blackhead Persian sheep in Tanzania
title_fullStr Growth and reproduction performance of Blackhead Persian sheep in Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Growth and reproduction performance of Blackhead Persian sheep in Tanzania
title_short Growth and reproduction performance of Blackhead Persian sheep in Tanzania
title_sort growth and reproduction performance of blackhead persian sheep in tanzania
topic sheep
reproduction
animal production
productivity
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