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Articles | Volume 63, issue 1
Articles | Volume 63, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-63-183-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-63-183-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 63, issue 1
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24 Jun 2020
Original study |  | 24 Jun 2020

Effects of the fat-tailed ewes' body condition scores at lambing on their metabolic profile and offspring growth

Yathreb Yagoubi and Naziha Atti

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In sheep production, the body condition score has the potential to be a useful management tool for producers to lift animal performance especially during pregnancy and lactation. In the present study, it was shown that the ewe’s body condition score at lambing had no effect on lamb birth weight. However, the lamb growth rate and their weight at 30 and 70 days were higher for offspring of ewes with middle and high BCS.
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