Short nore on milk yield, location curve and butterfat content of Horro Ewes at Bako Research Center
1998
Gemeda Duguma | Solomon Abegaz (Bako Research Center,(Ethiopia)) | Solomon Gizaw | Yohanes Gojam
Milk production of 17 horro ewes was assessed over a period of 12-weeks. The estimated average lactation yield was 19.2 litres/head and the average daily milk yield was 216 plus or minus 8.8 ml/head. Stage of lactation and parity had significant effects (p less than 0.01) on milk production. Type of lambing had no significant effect (p greater than 0.05) on milk production. Variation in milk production among ewes was very large with yields ranging from 120-370 ml/day and 11-33 literes/lactation. The mean butterfat content was 46 g/kg. The sample size used in this tudy was small, hence more research should be conducted in order to ascertain and establish a reliable lactation curve and betterfat percentage for Horro sheep.
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