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Retrieved from Volume 24, No. 4, 2020

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Kramarenko, S., Luhovyi, S., Balan, D., & Zemoglyadchuk, K. (2020). The effects of breed, sire and environmental factors on the birth and weaning weight of lambs. Ukrainian Black Sea Region Agrarian Science, 24(4), 70-78. DOI: 10.31521/2313-092X/2020-4(108)-9

The effects of breed, sire and environmental factors on the birth and weaning weight of lambs

Serhii Kramarenko Serhii Luhovyi D. Balan K. Zemoglyadchuk

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of some important factors influencing on the birth and weaning weight variability in lambs. Data from 2603 ewes was included in the analysis, where 3961 lambs were obtained during the five years of the research. Data was tested using analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the GLM procedure of Minitab Release 13.1. Our results presented significant influence on the year of lambing, breed, ram genotype, age of a dam, type of a birth (litter size), sex of a lamb and on the birth weight and weaning weight of lambs.

живая масса ягнят при рождении и отъеме; генотип барана-производителя; год окота; возраст овцематки; размер гнезда (тип рождения), пол ягнят; асканийская тонкорунная порода
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