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Genetic analysis of growth rate and Kleiber ratio in Zandi sheep.
Tropical animal health and production - 1 Aug 2011
Ghafouri-Kesbi Farhad, Abbasi Mokhtar Ali, Afraz Fazlollah, Babaei Mohammad, Baneh Hasan, Abdollahi Arpanahi Rostam
Abstract excerpt
Genetic parameters for average daily gain from birth to weaning (ADGa), birth to 6 months (ADGb), weaning to 6 months (ADGc), weaning to yearling age (ADGd), and corresponding Kleiber ratios (KRa, KRb, KRc, and KRd) were estimated by using records of 3,533 Zandi lambs, descendent of 163 sires and 1265 dams, born between 1991 and 2005 at the Zandi Sheep Breeding Station at Khojir National Park, Tehran, Iran. A...
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