The effects of birth weight, sex, twinning, parity of dam and dry season on mortality rates of lambs were studied between births and weaning at 20 weeks in a flock of East African Blackhead sheep. The mean birth weight of non-surviving lambs was lower than those of surviving lambs. Singles from g...
Trail, J.C.M.
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Sacker, G.D.
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[Lamb mortality in a flock of East African Blackheaded sheep]
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Lamb mortality in a flock of East African Blackheaded sheep
The effects of age of ewe, and year, sex, and year, sex and type of birth of lambs on lamb weights between birth and weaning were measured and appropriate correction factors estimated in a flock of east African Blackhead sheep maintained over an 11-year period in Western Uganda. These correction ...
Trail, J.C.M.
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Sacker, G.D.
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[Factors affecting production records of lambs from a flock of East African Blackhead sheep]
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Factors affecting production records of lambs from a flock of East African Blackhead sheep
Production characteristics covering female breeding data; growth of kids and use of correction factors for parity of dam, sex and type of bith of kid; dam milk production as measured by early kid growth; repeatabilities and phenotypic correlations between kid weights; and kid mortality, were exam...
Sacker, G.D.
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Trail, J.C.M.
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[Production characteristics of a herd of East African Mubende goats]
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Production characteristics of a herd of East African Mubende goats