Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXVII, Issue 2
Written by Ion CĂLIN, Ion RĂDUCUȚĂ, Andrei PUIE, Alexandra POLIOPOL, Ion CĂPRIȚĂ
This paper aims to quantify the quantitative performances to the production of meat of lambs from the main native sheep breeds, in relation to several influencing factors: breed, type of birth and sex of lambs. To evaluate the degree of body development of the lambs during the birth-weaning period (0-60 days), they were weighed at birth, at 30 days and at weaning (60 days). The study was completed by a phenotypic analysis of the aptitudes for meat production on the live animal carried out by the "Method of points" in the lambs after the completion of the experiment. The best results, in terms of quantitative parameters in meat production (average growth rate, total growth rate, weight at slaughter) were obtained by lambs of the Țigaie breed.
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