Article
Inbreeding effects on reproductive traits in Iranian Guilan sheep.
Tropical animal health and production - 1 Mar 2015
Eteqadi Bahareh, Ghavi Hossein-Zadeh Navid, Shadparvar Abdol Ahad
Abstract excerpt
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effects of inbreeding on reproductive traits in Guilan sheep. Traits included were litter size at birth (LSB), litter size at weaning (LSW), litter mean weight per lamb born (LMWLB), litter mean weight per lamb weaned (LMWLW), total litter weight at birth (TLWB), and total litter weight at weaning (TLWW). Data and pedigree information used in this study were...
Topics
- Animals
- Birth Weight
- Body Weight
- Female
- Inbreeding
- Iran
- Litter Size
- Male
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Reproduction
- Sheep
- Weaning
