Purebred Menz and first cross (50%) Awassi x Menz and 75% Awassi cross sheep were bred and reared under common environmental and management conditions. Mean birth and 120-day weaning weights recorded from 10 lambings were 2.4, 3.0, and 3.8 kg (p<0.001) and 15.6, 17.6, and 21.5 kg (P<0.001) for Me...
Lemma, S.
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Awgichew, K.
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Worku, G.
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Kitila, A.
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Fletcher, I.
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[Comparative evaluation of Menz and Awassi x Menz crossbred sheep: 1. Birth weight, weaning weight, and wool production]
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Comparative evaluation of Menz and Awassi x Menz crossbred sheep: 1. Birth weight, weaning weight, and wool production
The productivity of Ethiopian Adal and quarterbred Saanen x Adal goats was compared over 5 yr. Annual percentages of does kidding and of multiple births were 79 and 39. Kids born and kids weaned per doe joined were 1.12 and 0.95. Birth weights were 2.2 kg. Mortality rates from birth to weaning (3...
Awgichew, K.
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Yacob, Y.
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Fletcher, I.
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[Productivity of purebred Adal and quarterbred Saanen x Adal goats in Ethiopia]
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Productivity of purebred Adal and quarterbred Saanen x Adal goats in Ethiopia
Purebred Menz, first cross (50%) Awassi x Menz, and second cross (75%) Awassi x Menz sheep were bred and reared under common environmental and management conditions. Reproductive data and mature body weights were recorded over a 6-year period between 1982 and 1987. Over all genotypes and years, t...
Lemma, S.
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Awgichew, K.
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Worku, G.
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Kitila, A.
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Fletcher, S.
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[Comparative evaluation of Menz and Awassi X Menz crossbred sheep: 2. Reproduction and mature body weight]
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Comparative evaluation of Menz and Awassi X Menz crossbred sheep: 2. Reproduction and mature body weight
Purebred Menz, first-cross Awassi x Menz, and first-cross Corriedale x Menz lambs were born and reared together under common environmental and management conditions. Before they reached six months of age, animals of each sex in each genotype were allocated to two treatment groups. Both groups gra...
Lemma, S.
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Awgichew, K.
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Tiyo, D.
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Fletcher, I.
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[Body weight and wool production responses to supplementary feeding in Menz sheep and their crosses with Awassi and corriedale]
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Body weight and wool production responses to supplementary feeding in Menz sheep and their crosses with Awassi and corriedale
After a preliminary common lambing, Horro ewes were mated either twice at 12-month intervals or three times at 8-month intervals over a period of two years. There were no significant differences between the two mating systems in their productivity at each lambing. However, ewes in the 8-monthly s...
Awgichew, K.
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Tiyo, D.
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Gojam, Y.
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[Productivity of Horro ewes under 12-monthly and 8-monthly mating systems]
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Productivity of Horro ewes under 12-monthly and 8-monthly mating systems
Discusses the economic importance of small ruminants in the national livestock economies in Ethiopia. Looks at major constraints like feeding and marketing and discusses social factors that hindered the development of sheep and goat industry. The current and future research and development priori...
Awgichew, K.
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Hailu, G.
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[Review of small ruminant research and development activities in Ethiopia]
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Review of small ruminant research and development activities in Ethiopia
Analyzes mating/parturition records on Ethiopian sheep and goat breeds, to study the effect of the duration of mating season on flock fertility, with emphasis on data related to cumulative percentage of females conceiving at different intervals of the mating season.
Galal, E.S.E.
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Awgichew, K.
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[A note on the relationship between duration of mating season and flock fertility in some Ethiopian breeds of sheep and goats]
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A note on the relationship between duration of mating season and flock fertility in some Ethiopian breeds of sheep and goats