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Body weight (LW), condition score (BCS), tail length on inner side of tail (TL), tail volume measured by water displacement (TV) and tail circumference (TC), width (TW) as well as thickness at the base (TT) were measured in live Menz (n=303) and Horro (n=151) sheep to determine their possible use...


Ermias, E.Rege, J.E.O.[Characteristics of live animal allometric measurements associated with body fat in fat-tailed sheep]Characteristics of live animal allometric measurements associated with body fat in fat-tailed sheep

Ruminants adapt to periodic fluctuation in feed resources by accumulating fat stores during favourable periods. Thus, genetic variations, among ruminant genotypes, in the capa city to deposit fat could be exploited through breeding to improve animal productivity in traditional tropical production...


Ermias, E.Yami, A.Rege, J.E.O.[Fat deposition in tropical sheep as adaptive attribute to periodic feed fluctuation]Fat deposition in tropical sheep as adaptive attribute to periodic feed fluctuation

Data from 454 Menz and Horro male sheep at Debre Berhan Research Station, Ethiopia, were evaluated for slaughter characteristics. Rams were born from October 1992 to July 1996 and reared together from birth to slaughter at about 17 months of age. Pre-slaughter live weight (PSW) was about 25 kg, w...


Ermias, E.Yami, A.Rege, J.E.O.[Slaughter characteristics of Menz and Horro sheep]Slaughter characteristics of Menz and Horro sheep

On-station characterisation of indigenous Menz (n = 1639) and Horro (n = 1135) sheep of Ethiopia in the central highlands of the country was undertaken between 1992 and 1997 at the Debre Berhan Research Station of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) to study the phenotypic chara...


Tibbo, MarkosAyalew, W.Awgichew, K.Ermias, E.Rege, J.E.O.[On-station characterisation of indigenous Menz and Horro sheep breeds in the central highlands of Ethiopia]On-station characterisation of indigenous Menz and Horro sheep breeds in the central highlands of Ethiopia

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