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Estimation of mature live weight of Mexican Pelibuey sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

F. Duarte ,
C.A. Sandoval-Castro  and
L. Sarmiento-Franco
F. Duarte
Affiliation:
INIFAP, Yucatán, Mexico
C.A. Sandoval-Castro*
Affiliation:
University of Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
L. Sarmiento-Franco
Affiliation:
University of Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
*
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Current nutritional models as the CNCPS-sheep (Cannas et al., 2004) are built with the possibility to consider breed effects. An important effect included in the prediction of live weight gain is the maturity index of the animal (the actual weight of the animal in relation to their adult weight). During a concurrent evaluation of the CNCPS-sheep model, no information was found on the Pelibuey sheep mature weight to allow a proper adjustment of this parameter. Thus the objective of this work was to estimate the mature weight of Pelibuey sheep.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2007 , April 2007 , pp. 135
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2007

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