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Effects of ewe live weight and age on reproductive performance, lamb growth, and survival in Central Anatolian Merino sheep
Department of Animal Science, Bahri Dağdaş International Agricultural Research Institute, 42020 Konya, Turkey
Ş. Dursun
Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aksaray University, 68000 Aksaray, Turkey
Ş. Doğan
Department of Animal Science, Bahri Dağdaş International Agricultural Research Institute, 42020 Konya, Turkey
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, 26160 Eskişehir, Turkey
U. Demirci
Department of Animal Science, Bahri Dağdaş International Agricultural Research Institute, 42020 Konya, Turkey
İ Halıcı
Department of Animal Science, Bahri Dağdaş International Agricultural Research Institute, 42020 Konya, Turkey
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Short summary
We aimed to evaluate the effects of premating ewe weight and age on ewe reproductive performance and lamb growth and survival in Central Anatolian Merino sheep. Multiple birth rate, birth weight, and growth performance of the lambs increased proportionally with the increase in live weight of the ewes prior to mating. Therefore, it is important to increase the live weight of lambs at puberty and to select ewes that attain a higher premating weight for breeding.
We aimed to evaluate the effects of premating ewe weight and age on ewe reproductive performance...