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Power of phenotypes in discriminating Awassi sheep to pure strains and from other breeds.
Tropical animal health and production - 26 Jan 2021
Al-Atiyat Raed M, Tabbaa Mohammad J, Barakeh Faisal S, Awawdeh Faisal T, Baghdadi Savinaz H
Abstract excerpt
The phenotypic description is the oldest method for animal taxonomic studies. In this study, we report phenotypic traits of discriminant power to assign sheep individuals into Awassi breed or other exotic breeds found in Jordan. Twenty-two and 19 phenotype traits for ewes and rams, respectively, were utilized using multivariate and discriminant analyses. Seven traits, out of them, for ewes and five for rams were...
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