Small ruminant productivity and nutrition in southern Nigeria

An experiment was carried out over 2 years period to investigate effect of levels of browse supplementary offered to West African Dwarf (Djallonke) sheep on productivity. The results of this on-station trail showed that overall lambing interval was 239 days (ranging from 262 days to 226 days).Birth...

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Main Authors: Reynolds, L., Adeoye, S.A.O.
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: 1985
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70757
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Adeoye, S.A.O.
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description An experiment was carried out over 2 years period to investigate effect of levels of browse supplementary offered to West African Dwarf (Djallonke) sheep on productivity. The results of this on-station trail showed that overall lambing interval was 239 days (ranging from 262 days to 226 days).Birth weight of lambs was 1.68 kg while dams weight before birth was 25.5 kg. Overall litter size was 1.28±0.041. On average survival to 90 days was 0.65 with daily live weight gain being 70.5g. The cumulative effect of these factors resulted in overall 9.72 kg of kids per dam survival to 90 days per year. In addition data on these parameters were recorded under different levels of supplementation to evaluate effect of dietary regime on productivity.
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spelling CGSpace707572025-05-14T14:01:19Z Small ruminant productivity and nutrition in southern Nigeria Reynolds, L. Adeoye, S.A.O. ruminants animal nutrition animal health sheep animal production productivity multiple births birth weight parturition leucaena leucocephala gliricidia sepium panicum maximum An experiment was carried out over 2 years period to investigate effect of levels of browse supplementary offered to West African Dwarf (Djallonke) sheep on productivity. The results of this on-station trail showed that overall lambing interval was 239 days (ranging from 262 days to 226 days).Birth weight of lambs was 1.68 kg while dams weight before birth was 25.5 kg. Overall litter size was 1.28±0.041. On average survival to 90 days was 0.65 with daily live weight gain being 70.5g. The cumulative effect of these factors resulted in overall 9.72 kg of kids per dam survival to 90 days per year. In addition data on these parameters were recorded under different levels of supplementation to evaluate effect of dietary regime on productivity. 1985 2016-02-08T09:02:46Z 2016-02-08T09:02:46Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70757 en Limited Access
spellingShingle ruminants
animal nutrition
animal health
sheep
animal production
productivity
multiple births
birth weight
parturition
leucaena leucocephala
gliricidia sepium
panicum maximum
Reynolds, L.
Adeoye, S.A.O.
Small ruminant productivity and nutrition in southern Nigeria
title Small ruminant productivity and nutrition in southern Nigeria
title_full Small ruminant productivity and nutrition in southern Nigeria
title_fullStr Small ruminant productivity and nutrition in southern Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Small ruminant productivity and nutrition in southern Nigeria
title_short Small ruminant productivity and nutrition in southern Nigeria
title_sort small ruminant productivity and nutrition in southern nigeria
topic ruminants
animal nutrition
animal health
sheep
animal production
productivity
multiple births
birth weight
parturition
leucaena leucocephala
gliricidia sepium
panicum maximum
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