scholarly journals Feeding levels during the growing phase affect the production of primiparous Finnish Landrace ewes

2000 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. SORMUNEN-CRISTIAN ◽  
L. JAUHIAINEN
Keyword(s):  
Live Weight ◽  
Ewe Lambs ◽  
One Year

The effect of different feeding levels on the performance of primiparous ewes was studied in 31 Finnish Landrace ewes bred to lamb at the age of one year. Ewe lambs, initially weighing on average 19.2 kg (SEM 0.63), were placed on a low (L), standard (S) or high (H) level of feeding from 2 months of age to the end of mating and from 2 months pre-partum to the end of 8-week lactation. Changes in live weight were affected by the diet. During rearing, the ewe lambs on L diet gained significantly less (18.0 vs. 24.1 kg/lamb, P

Effects of the percentage of Texel or Rouge de ľOuest genes in lambs on carcass characteristics and meat quality

1999 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. F. Carson ◽  
B. W. Moss ◽  
R. W. J. Steen ◽  
D. J. Kilpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Meat Quality ◽  
Subcutaneous Fat ◽  
Carcass Characteristics ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Fat Content ◽  
Carcass Weight ◽  
Ewe Lambs ◽  
Bone Content ◽  
Intermuscular Fat ◽  
Ram Lambs

AbstractThis study investigated the effects of the percentage of Texel or Rouge de l’Ouest (Rouge) genes in lambs (0, 50, 75 or 100%; the remainder being Greyface (Border Leicester × Scottish Blackface)) on lamb carcass characteristics and meat quality. Ewe lambs were slaughtered at 34, 40, 46 and 52 kg and ram lambs were slaughtered at 40, 46, 52 and 58 kg live weight. Dressing proportion increased (P < 0·001) by 0·53 and 0·27 g carcass weight per kg live weight for each 1% increase in Texel or Rouge genes respectively. Carcass conformation classification increased (P < 0·001) by 0·016 and 0·007 units (on a five-point scale) for each 1% increase in Texel or Rouge genes respectively. Carcass fat depth measures were reduced by Texel and Rouge genes such that at a constant fat depth end point, carcass weight could be increased by 0·029 and 0·023 kg for each 1% increase in Texel or Rouge genes. Carcass lean content increased (P < 0·001) by 0·99 and 0·27 g/kg for each 1% increase in Texel or Rouge genes. Subcutaneous fat content was reduced (P < 0·001) by 0·36 and 0·29 g/kg for each 1% increase in Texel or Rouge genes. Intermuscular fat content was reduced (P < 0·01) by 0·38 g/kg per 1% increase in Texel genes, whereas Rouge genes had no effect. Similarly, bone content was reduced (P < 0·01) by Texel genes only (0·31 g/kg per 1% increase in Texel genes). Warner-Bratzler shear force values showed a quadratic effect with increasing Texel and Rouge genes, with an initial decrease from 0 to 50% followed by an increase to 100%. Cooking loss increased (P = 0·05) as the percentage of Rouge genes in lambs increased. Increasing the percentage of Texel or Rouge genes significantly increased L* values (P < 0·01 and P < 0·05 respectively), b* values (P = 0·05 and P< 0·05 respectively) and H° values (P < 0·001).

scholarly journals Live Weight Changes and Their Relationship with the Ovarian Status of Maiden Fat-Tailed Barbarine Ewes

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Imēne Ben Salem ◽  
Mourad Rekik ◽  
Mohammed Ben Hamouda ◽  
Narjess Lassoued
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Reproductive Performance ◽  
Ovarian Function ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Weight Changes ◽  
Ewe Lambs ◽  
Ovarian Status ◽  
Weight Variation ◽  
Igf I ◽  
Semi Arid

The current study assessed the effect of the pattern of live weight change on the ovarian function of maiden Barbarine ewes at approximately 1 year of age. For this purpose, a total of 171 weaned ewe lambs (mean live weight  ± s.d. 34.7±3.07 kg and mean age ± SD 196±10 days at weaning) were selected for the experiment. Adjustment of live weight variation  was used. Based on the slope of the curve, animals were grouped into three classes LWCI (n=46),  LWCII (n=91) and LWCIII (n=34) with live weight loss being highest in LWCI and lowest in LWCIII.  Following laparoscopy at 13 months of age, the proportion of ewe lambs found cycling in LWCIII  (85.3%) was higher in comparison to animals in LWCI (43.4%; P<0.001) and tended to be superior to those in LWCII (61.5%; P<0.05). Following synchronisation with progestagen of the females found cycling, levels of plasma IGF-I concentrations between 6 and 42 hrs after removal of sponges were not significantly different between the three classes of live weight, and respectively averaged 94.2, 90.8 and 89.8 µg/l for LWCI, LWCII and LWCIII females. Levels of estradiol were also not significantly different between the three groups (0.73, 0.70 and 0.67 pg/ml for LWCI, LWCII and LWCIII ewe lambs, respectively). It was concluded that, in low input systems of semi-arid and arid Tunisia, mating ewe lambs at the approximate age of 1 year is likely to lead to depressed reproductive performance particularly when the summer live weight-loss is elevated. 

Effects of live weight and condition score on food intake of ewe lambs

2003 ◽  
Vol 2003 ◽  
pp. 8-8
Author(s):  
Bert J. Tolkamp ◽  
Gerry C. Emmans ◽  
Ilias Kyriazakis
Keyword(s):  
Simple Model ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Food Quality ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Ewe Lambs ◽  
Condition Score

Food intake (FI) can be predicted on the basis of variables that describe food quality, the environment and the animal. Live weight (LW), in some form or other, is usually the only variable used to describe the animal. Animal fatness, estimated by condition score (CS), can affect intake at a given LW. A simple model to account for that is FI= a.LW.(1-b.CS) with FI in g/day, LW in kg and CS in units of a scale up to 5. It is evident that food quality will affect parameter a. Here we test the hypothesis that the parameter b in this model is significant but not affected by food quality. To that end, we measured LW, CS and intake of three different foods with ewe lambs that showed a large variation in LW and CS as a result of different nutritional histories.

scholarly journals Genetic Parameters for Growth and Kid Survival of Indigenous Goat under Smallholding System of Burundi

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Manirakiza Josiane ◽  
Hatungumukama Gilbert ◽  
Detilleux Johann
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Genetic Parameters ◽  
Failure Time ◽  
Genetic Correlations ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Accelerated Failure Time ◽  
Smallholder Farming ◽  
Indigenous Goat ◽  
One Year

The goal of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for the growth, conformation, and survival of goat kids raised in smallholder farming systems in Burundi. To do this, measurements were taken on live weight, thoracic perimeter, length, and height at birth (n = 1538 animals), at 3 months (n = 1270 animals), at 6 months (n = 992 animals), at 9 months (n = 787 animals), and at 12 months (n = 705 animals). Kids were born between 2016 and 2019, from 645 dams and 106 bucks. Three bivariate animal models were used to estimate genetic parameters of body weight and conformation measurements as potential indicators of this weight. According to the measure, heritability was estimated between 15 and 17% and genetic correlations between 65 and 79%. An accelerated failure time animal model was used to estimate the heritability of survival for kids under one year, adjusted for birth weight. Goat survival was significantly prolonged by 0.64 days per kilogram of birth weight. The estimated heritability for this trait was 2%. Overall, these results suggest that a selection program could be implemented to improve animal growth, either directly on weight or indirectly on conformational traits. At the same time, efforts need to be made to improve rearing conditions to increase the survival of kids.

Predicting the effects of body fatness on food intake and performance of sheep

2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 ◽  
pp. 16-16
Author(s):  
B. J. Tolkamp ◽  
J. M. Yearsley ◽  
I. Kyriazakis
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Body Lipid ◽  
Body Fatness ◽  
Ewe Lambs ◽  
Test Models ◽  
Condition Score ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Using Data

Food intake (FI) can be predicted on the basis of variables that describe food quality and the animal. Live weight (LW) is usually the only variable that is used to describe the animal. Animal fatness, as estimated by condition score (CS), can affect FI at a given LW. Body lipid produces signals (leptin) that affect energy intake and energy expenditure. If fatness acts on intake via its effect on energy expenditure, the effects of body lipid content on food intake can be incorporated into an existing intake model. Our objectives were to construct and test models that predict effects of fatness on intake and performance, using data obtained with ewe lambs to parameterise and test the models.

scholarly journals Effect of sex steroids on plasma C-type natriuretic peptide forms: stimulation by oestradiol in lambs and adult sheep

2008 ◽  
Vol 199 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy C R Prickett ◽  
Graham K Barrell ◽  
Martin Wellby ◽  
Timothy G Yandle ◽  
A Mark Richards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
Bone Growth ◽  
Skeletal Maturity ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Surgical Removal ◽  
Adult Sheep ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Reproductive Tissues ◽  
Ewe Lambs ◽  
Exogenous Oestrogen

Although C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) is crucial to post-natal endochondral growth, roles for the hormone in pubertal bone growth and the physiological effects of sex steroid substitution on CNP synthesis are not known. Using a plasma marker of CNP tissue synthesis (amino-terminal proCNP, NTproCNP), we have studied the effect of exogenous oestrogen (E2) or testosterone (T) on plasma CNP forms and bone alkaline phosphatase (bALP) in pre-pubertal lambs. Responses to E2 in non-cycling adult ewes were also studied. In 15-week-old intact ewe lambs, E2 promptly increased plasma NTproCNP and CNP (P<0.001) to peak on day 2, and bALP (P<0.001 peaking on day 7), whereas no significant stimulation in response to T was observed in male lambs. Linear bone growth and live weight were unaffected. In adult anoestrous ewes, basal concentrations of CNP forms and bALP were lower than in ewe lambs, in keeping with skeletal maturity, but adults responded similarly to E2. Prompt and sustained increases in NTproCNP and CNP, and a later threefold rise in bALP (all P<0.001), were induced by E2. Possible contributions to these increases in plasma CNP forms by reproductive tissues (a known site of E2-induced CNP expression) were excluded by showing similar E2-induced CNP responses in adult ewes after surgical removal of reproductive tissues. These results are the first to show that E2 stimulates plasma CNP forms and bALP in lambs and adult sheep and raise the possibility that CNP also participates in bone formation in the mature skeleton.

QUALITY INDICATORS OF WOOL CROSSBREDS BRIGHT AKZHAIK MEAT-WOOL BREED DEPENDING FROM THE SELECTION OF PARENTAL PAIRS

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-82
Author(s):  
Селионова ◽  
Marina Selionova ◽  
Траисов ◽  
Baluash Traisov ◽  
Баймишев ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Textile Industry ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Class I ◽  
Wool Production ◽  
Local Type ◽  
Meat Content ◽  
Technical Properties ◽  
One Year ◽  
Age And Sex ◽  
Selection Of

The purpose of the study is improving the wool productivity of sheep of Akzhaik meat-wool breed at the expense of different selections of parents. For research used two variants of selection of parental pairs: Akzhaik meat-wool sheep producing meat-tion type (weight not less than 110 kg, wool production in the original 9.5 kg, wool length of 15.0 cm, fineness of wool 50 quality) were paired with ewes class I and II at the age of 2.5 years is not a local type of herd age and sex depending on the class ewes were divided into two groups of 200 animals each. The same principle was formed the second option of selection of parental pairs. Only were used for mating with avamat-kami class I and II rams-manufacturers of custom herd (live weight 102 kg, wool production in the original 8.24 kg, wool length 15.5 cm, wool fineness 50 quality). The study of wool production and physico-technical properties of the wool yearling bright were carried out using established techniques in research laboratories of wool VNIIOK Stavropol. As a result of the conducted researches it is established that the increase in meat content of Akzhaik meat-wool sheep has no adverse effects on wool productivity bright. So the hair is bright at one year of age was typical for crossbreeding in fineness and the staple well-adjusted. Significant differences in physico-technical properties between the compared groups was not available and the wool meet the requirements of the textile industry for a homogenous semi-fine wool.

Growth and body composition of Omani local sheep 1. Live-weight growth and carcass and non-carcass characteristics

1994 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Mahgoub ◽  
G. A. Lodge
Keyword(s):  
Alimentary Tract ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Similar Rate ◽  
Weight Group ◽  
Ewe Lambs ◽  
Weight Growth ◽  
Early Maturing ◽  
Good Potential ◽  
Ram Lambs ◽  
Omental Fat

AbstractForty-five local Omani ram, wether and ewe lambs were reared from birth until slaughter at 18, 28 or 38 kg live weight (five of each ‘sex’ at each weight group) on an ad libitum concentrate diet and Rhodesgrass hay.Ram lambs grew faster from birth and reached predetermined slaughter weights earlier than wether and ewe lambs. At 28 kg live weight, ram lambs had: heavier heads, feet, reticulo-rumens and livers; higher muscle and bone and lower fat proportions in the carcass; lower muscle: bone and higher muscle: fat ratios; higher proportions of carcass but lower non-carcass fat than had wether and ewe lambs. The head, feet, alimentary tract, liver and heart of Omani sheep grew at a lower rate; the skin grew at a similar rate and the carcass grew at a rate faster than empty body weight (EBW). Relative to EBW, muscle grew at a similar rate, fat faster and bone slower. Both carcass and non-carcass fats grew at a rate higher than that of the growth of EBW, with non-carcass fat growing at a higher rate than that of carcass fat. The growth rate of omental fat was the fastest followed by kidney, mesenteric, subcutaneous, tail, scrotal, intermuscular and pelvic fats respectively.This study demonstrated that Omani sheep have good potential for growth if they are managed and fed satisfactorily. Omani sheep are early maturing for which reason it is recommended that they be slaughtered at lighter weights to avoid higher fat content in the carcass. Castration in Omani sheep is not recommended for production of meat lambs under intensive systems as it resulted in reduced growth rates and deposition of excess fat at lower slaughter weights.

Growth and carcass characteristics of heavy slaughter weight lambs: effects of sire breed and sex of lamb and relationships to serum metabolites and IGF-1

1997 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. G. Wylie ◽  
D. M. B. Chestnutt ◽  
D. J. Kilpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Serum Insulin ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Muscle Area ◽  
Eye Muscle ◽  
Slaughter Weight ◽  
Fat Depots ◽  
Ewe Lambs ◽  
Rate Of Decline ◽  
Sire Breed

AbstractTexel (T) and Suffolk (S) sired ram, wether and ewe lambs (no = 180) were kept at grass with their dams until weaned at 20 weeks and then taken to slaughter weights of 40, 44 and 48 kg, also at grass. Sex type, but not sire breed, affected lamb growth rate (rams 293, wethers 253, ewes 224 g/day; P < 0·001). Both T and S ewe lambs were fatter at slaughter in all fat depots compared with their ram and wether siblings such that rams could be slaughtered at a calculated 7·7 kg greater live weight than ewes at equal carcass fat cover. T carcasses were greater than S carcasses in eye-muscle area (793 v. 732 mm2; P < 0·001) and killing-out proportion (481 v. 476 g/kg; P < 0·05) but not in any fat measurement. Slaughter weight influenced killing-out proportion (P < 0·001) and all fat measurements (P < 0·01) but did not significantly affect eye-muscle area.Mean serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) concentrations (μig/l), determined during weeks 8,11, 14, 17 and 20 in a balanced subset of 84 lambs, were higher in T than in S lambs (P < 0·05), in singles than in twins (P < 0·01; rams and wethers only) and in rams than in either wethers or ewes (P < 0·001). Mean serum IGF-1 concentration decreased between week 8 and week 20 with a greater rate of decline in singles than in twins (P < 0·001). IGF-1 was more strongly correlated with live weight at 8 weeks (r = 0·629; P< 0·001) than at 20 weeks (r = 0·293; P < 0·05). Mean IGF-1 (weeks 8 to 20) was correlated with rate of live-weight change (r = 0·576; P < 0·001). Significant differences for T and S lambs were found in the relationships between mean serum IGF-1 (weeks 8 to 20) and daily live-weight gain (weeks 8 to 20) and between mean IGF-1 and eye-muscle area at slaughter. Metabolite concentrations differed little between sire breeds and not at all between sex types.

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