EFFECTS OF DOCKING ON GROWTH-PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF FAT-TAILED AWASSI RAM LAMBS

BICER O., PEKEL E., GUNEY O.

SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH, cilt.8, sa.4, ss.353-357, 1992 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 8 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 1992
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/0921-4488(92)90216-q
  • Dergi Adı: SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.353-357
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Fifteen Awassi ram lambs were docked at 1 day of age by the elastrator method and 13 intact lambs were kept as controls. They were kept separately in two pens and fed a concentrate diet ad-libitum from weaning at 8 weeks of age until about 40 kg liveweight. Daily liveweight gain, group feed efficiency and the duration of fattening period for docked lambs were 266 g, 3.8 and 84 days vs. 230 g, 4.3 and 98 days for controls, respectively. None of the differences was significant (P > 0.05).