Reproductive indicators and development of lambs until weaning in Svrljig Pramenka sheep
2007
Mekic, C.(Poljoprivredni fakultet, Beograd - Zemun (Serbia)) | Trifunovic, G.(Poljoprivredni fakultet, Beograd - Zemun (Serbia)) | Perisic, P.(Poljoprivredni fakultet, Beograd - Zemun (Serbia))
As regard a race structure of sheep in Serbia a domestic tuft sheep, Pramenka, is still a dominant one (about 80%). There is a great number of Pramenka breed types, its crossbreds with different breeds, as well as the crossbreds of Pramenka with improved breeds. A Svrljig type (the second in importance, after Sjenica type) is a particularly distinguished one. In population of 393 lambed sheep of Svrljig Pramenka sheep, raised on 11 private farms, a fertility of sheep and body weight gain of lambs from birth till weaning was analyzed. A body weight of lambs at birth ranged from 2.3 to 5.5 kg, body weight at 30th day was 7.5 kg to 15 kg, and body weight at weaning from 26 to 36 kg. Lambs breed and sex had a significant effect on studied indicators of lamb development.
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