Production performance of sheep and goat breeds at a farm in a semi-arid region of Namibia.
Birth weight
Breed
Kidding
Lambing
Litter size
Season
Viability
Weaning
Journal
Tropical animal health and production
ISSN: 1573-7438
Titre abrégé: Trop Anim Health Prod
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 1277355
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2020
Sep 2020
Historique:
received:
09
01
2020
accepted:
13
05
2020
pubmed:
27
5
2020
medline:
17
12
2020
entrez:
27
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study retrospectively investigated the effect of breed and season on the lambing/kidding dynamics, growth performance, neonatal viability, and weaning dynamics of sheep (Damara, Dorper, and Swakara) and goats (Boer goat and Kalahari Red) at a farm in the Khomas Region of Namibia between 2004 and 2015. Litter size was dependent on breed (X
Identifiants
pubmed: 32451833
doi: 10.1007/s11250-020-02283-w
pii: 10.1007/s11250-020-02283-w
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM