Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/56098
Title: FecB carrier Deccani crossbred ewes in Maharashtra, India have moderately higher litter sizes than non-carrier ewes
Contributor(s): Nimbkar, C (author); Ghalsasi, P M (author); Walkden-Brown, S W  (author)orcid ; Van Der Werf, J h J  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2023-07-26
Open Access: Yes
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/56098
Open Access Link: http://www.aaabg.org/aaabghome/AAABG25papers/33Nimbkar25138.pdfOpen Access Link
Abstract: 

Litter size records of Deccani crossbred sheep with 0, 1 or 2 copies of the FecB mutation were analysed. FecB carrier ewes had higher live litter size per ewe lambed, at birth and at the age of 3 months than non-carrier ewes. Live litter size per ewe conceived, at birth and at 3 months age, of both FecBB+ and FecBBB ewes was the same, weaning 50% more lambs per ewe conceived than noncarrier ewes. The dampened expression of the FecB mutation thus leads to less lamb losses and increased lamb production in the Deccan plateau production system.

Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: AAABG 2023: 25th Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Perth, Australia, 26th - 28th July, 2023
Source of Publication: Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, v.25, p. 138-141
Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG)
Place of Publication: Armidale, Australia
ISSN: 1328-3227
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 300305 Animal reproduction and breeding
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 100412 Sheep for meat
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://www.aaabg.org/aaabghome/proceedings25.php
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School of Environmental and Rural Science

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