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Main Productive Performance Of Awassi Sheep In The Central Anatolian Region Of Turkey, Hakan Üstüner, Mehmet Mustafa Oğan Jan 2013

Main Productive Performance Of Awassi Sheep In The Central Anatolian Region Of Turkey, Hakan Üstüner, Mehmet Mustafa Oğan

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This study aimed to determine milk yield, fertility, lamb growth, survival rate, and the effect of environmental factors on these parameters in the Awassi sheep of the Central Anatolian Region. The fertility parameters were determined to be as follows: heat rate, pregnancy rate, parturition rate, single-born rate, twinning rate, abortion rate, lamb rate, and number of lambs per parturition, based on the number of ewes assigned for mating, were 100%, 93.8%, 90.5%, 79.7%, 20.3%, 1.4%, 108.8%, and 1.20%, respectively. The survival rates of lambs at 60 and 120 days of age were 88.3% and 84.5%, respectively. The average lactation milk …


\Beta-Lactoglobulin Variants In Awassi And Morkaraman Sheep And Their Association With The Composition And Rennet Clotting Time Of The Milk, Şerafetti̇n Çeli̇k, Sali̇h Özdemi̇r Jan 2006

\Beta-Lactoglobulin Variants In Awassi And Morkaraman Sheep And Their Association With The Composition And Rennet Clotting Time Of The Milk, Şerafetti̇n Çeli̇k, Sali̇h Özdemi̇r

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

In this study, \beta-lactoglobulin (\beta-Lg) variants in Awassi and Morkaraman sheep were studied using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and their association with composition and rennet clotting time of the milk was estimated. Two alleles (A and B) and 3 different genotypes for \beta-Lg (AA, AB and BB) were observed in the whey from both breeds. The frequencies of \beta-Lg alleles were estimated as A 0.63 and B 0.37 in the Awassi breed, and A 0.56 and B 0.44 in the Morkaraman breed. These results indicate high \beta-A frequencies in both sheep breeds. Significant relationships were obtained between \beta-Lg variants and some …


Effects Of Some Environmental Factors On Reproductive Characters Of Awassi And Redkaraman Ewes, Nuri̇ni̇sa Esenbuğa, Hayri̇ Dayioğlu Jan 2002

Effects Of Some Environmental Factors On Reproductive Characters Of Awassi And Redkaraman Ewes, Nuri̇ni̇sa Esenbuğa, Hayri̇ Dayioğlu

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

In this research, the effects of some environmental factors on the reproductive characters of Awassi and Redkaraman ewes reared at the Research and Application Farm of Agricultural College at Atatürk University were investigated. Year, age of ewes, breed and the linear effect of body weight of ewes at the beginning of mating were studied. The year had no significant effect on any of the reproductive characters. Age of ewes, breed and body weight of ewes at the start of mating caused highly significant (P


Effects Of Some Environmental Factors On Growth Traits Of Awassi And Redkaraman Lambs, Nuri̇ni̇sa Esenbuğa, Hayri̇ Dayioğlu Jan 2002

Effects Of Some Environmental Factors On Growth Traits Of Awassi And Redkaraman Lambs, Nuri̇ni̇sa Esenbuğa, Hayri̇ Dayioğlu

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

In this study, the birth weights, weaning weights, pre-weaning daily weight gains, live weights at the end of the grazing period, average daily live weight gains, body weights after shearing and greasy fleece weights were determined. The year had a significant (P


Estimate Of Variance Components With Different Methods For Growth Traits Of Lambs And Reproductive Characters Of Awassi And Red Karaman Ewes, Nuri̇ni̇sa Esenbuğa, Hayri̇ Dayioğlu Jan 2002

Estimate Of Variance Components With Different Methods For Growth Traits Of Lambs And Reproductive Characters Of Awassi And Red Karaman Ewes, Nuri̇ni̇sa Esenbuğa, Hayri̇ Dayioğlu

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

In this study, the effects of environmental factors on flock production characteristics of Awassi and Red Karaman ewes reared at the Research and Application Farm of the Agriculture Faculty were studied, and variance component estimates were made using different methods. Variance component estimates for both breeds for the number of pregnant ewes, ewes lambing, lambs born and lambs weaned per ewe mated, lambs born, lambs weaned, lambs surviving 120 and 210 days per ewe lambing, birth weight, weaning weight, daily weight gain until weaning, weight at the end of pasture and daily weight gain in pasture lambs were made using …


Sources Of Variation And Repeatability For Litter Size, Body Weight And Matured Performance Of Awassi Ewes, Saad Ibrahim Said, M. M. Muwalla, J. P. Hanrahan Jan 1999

Sources Of Variation And Repeatability For Litter Size, Body Weight And Matured Performance Of Awassi Ewes, Saad Ibrahim Said, M. M. Muwalla, J. P. Hanrahan

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The objectives of this study were to investigate the environmental factors influencing litter size and postpartum ewe live weight and to estimate the repeatability for these traits and for pre-weaning growth rate in Awassi breed. Least squares means for litter size and ewe body weight were 1.08 and 57.6 kg, respectively. Repeatability estimated by the intraclass correlation method was 0.03, 0.46 and 0.26 for litter size, ewe body weight and pre-weaning growth rate, respectively. Year-month and age of ewe showed highly significant effect on all the traits. It was concluded that selection for litter size should be based not only …