Carcass characteristics of male Dorper sheep weaned at different ages
The aim of this study was to assess the carcass characteristic of male Dorper sheep weaned at three different ages. A total of 27 newborn male Dorper sheep (average body weight, 3.06 ± 0.74 kg) were selected randomly and divided into three groups. Animals in group 1 (n=9) were weaned at day 30, whil...
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| Materialtyp: | Journal Contribution |
| Språk: | English |
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2021
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| Sammanfattning: | The aim of this study was to assess the carcass characteristic of male Dorper sheep weaned at three different ages. A total of 27 newborn male Dorper sheep (average body weight, 3.06 ± 0.74 kg) were selected randomly and divided into three groups. Animals in group 1 (n=9) were weaned at day 30, while animals in group 2 (n=9) and 3 (n=9) were weaned at day 60 and 90, respectively. Group 3 was acted as a control group. Creep feed and grower feed were given to the animals based on 3.5% of body weight. There were no significant differences (P<0.05) between treatment groups in dressing percentage and meat to bone ratio. Therefore, it was concluded that the age of weaning does not influence the carcass characteristics of male Dorper sheep. |
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