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Comparison of growth and feed-lot traits in Kordi crossbred and purebred lambs (crossbreeding between some Iranian fat-tailed breeds)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

M. Saatchi ,
S. R. Miraei-Ashtiani  and
A. Zare Shahneh
M. Saatchi
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, 31587-77935, Iran
S. R. Miraei-Ashtiani
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, 31587-77935, Iran
A. Zare Shahneh
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, 31587-77935, Iran
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Meat production is the most important goal of sheep breeders in Iran. Crossbreeding between rams from relatively heavier breeds with ewes from light breeds (terminal crossing) is common method for increasing meat production in many countries (Bunch et al., 2004; Guney, 1990; Macit et al., 2001). The objective of this study was to compare the growth and feed-lot performance of crossbred lambs, resulted from Shall, Moghani and Afshari (three heavy breeds) rams and Kordi (a light breed) ewes. The performance of pure Kordi lambs was also adopted as a comparison benchmark.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 133
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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