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Fertility And Milk Yield Characteristics In White Karaman And Chios X White Karaman (F_1) Crossbred Sheep, Fi̇kret Esen, Orhan Özbey
Fertility And Milk Yield Characteristics In White Karaman And Chios X White Karaman (F_1) Crossbred Sheep, Fi̇kret Esen, Orhan Özbey
Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
In this study, various characteristics of fertility and milk yield were investigated in White Karaman and Chios x White Karaman crossbred (F_1) sheep. The study was carried out at the Research and Practice Farm at the University of Fırat, on 30 White Karaman and 22 Chios x White Karaman crossbred (F_1) sheep 1.5 years of age to examine fertility characteristics and on 20 animals from each genotype at the age of 2 years to examine milk yield characteristics. Animals in oestrous cycle were improved by addition of a teaser ram within the study population, and they were then inseminated by …
Investigations On Improving The Meat Production Of Slaughter Lambs By Crossbreeding Studies Between Turkish Merino, Chios And Kıvırcık Sheep Breeds 1. Fertility, Lamb Survival And Growth Of Lambs, Mustafa Özcan, Alper Yilmaz, Münevver Akgündüz
Investigations On Improving The Meat Production Of Slaughter Lambs By Crossbreeding Studies Between Turkish Merino, Chios And Kıvırcık Sheep Breeds 1. Fertility, Lamb Survival And Growth Of Lambs, Mustafa Özcan, Alper Yilmaz, Münevver Akgündüz
Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
This study was carried out at Marmara Animal Research Institute in 1998-1999. The aim was to investigate the improvement in lamb production achieved by the use of Turkish Merino rams as a father line for the production of two-way and three-way crossbred slaughter lambs, together with intensive fattening programs. In this first part of the study, the fertility of ewes and the survival and growth characteristics of lambs were taken into consideration. For the fertility characteristics of Kıvırcık, Chios x Kıvırcık (F_1) and Turkish Merino ewes mated with Turkish Merino rams, conception rates were 75%, 88% and 93.33%, litter sizes …
Survival Rate, Growth Characteristics And Some Body Measurements Of Akkaraman And Sakız (Chios) X Akkaraman F_1 Lambs, Necmetti̇n Ünal
Survival Rate, Growth Characteristics And Some Body Measurements Of Akkaraman And Sakız (Chios) X Akkaraman F_1 Lambs, Necmetti̇n Ünal
Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
This study was carried out to investigate the survival rate, growth characteristics and some body measurements of Akkaraman and Sakız (Chios) x Akkaraman F_1 lambs. The Akkaraman breed has a fat tail and is raised in Central Anatolia, while Sakız has a long, but low fat tail and is raised in coastal areas of Western Anatolia. In the study, fertility results of Akkaraman x Akkaraman and Sakız x Akkaraman (SA) were determined to be 83.67 and 75.44% for birth rates, and 1.12 and 1.16 for litter size, respectively. The survival rates of Akkaraman and SA F_1 lambs at weaning (90 …
Effects Of Beta-Carotene On The Fertility Of Rabbits, Sevgi̇ Tek, M. Ragip Kiliçarslan, Çağatay Tek, Ahmet Sabuncu
Effects Of Beta-Carotene On The Fertility Of Rabbits, Sevgi̇ Tek, M. Ragip Kiliçarslan, Çağatay Tek, Ahmet Sabuncu
Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of beta-carotene added in the diets of New Zealand rabbits on the ovulation, fertilization ratio, LH and progesterone levels. Forty female and 4 male adult New Zealand rabbits were used. Female rabbits were divided into 2 groups consisting of 20 each. Group I consisted of experimental rabbits while Group II was kept as the control. Animals in the experimental and control groups were kept in separate cages but in the same husbandry conditions. For the animals in the experimental group, 2.8 mg/kg of synthetic beta-carotene was added into the diet …