FecB carrier Deccani crossbred ewes in Maharashtra, India have moderately higher litter sizes than non-carrier ewes

2023-07-26

Nimbkar, C

Ghalsasi, P M

Walkden-Brown, S W

Van Der Werf, J h J

Editor(s): Hatcher, Sue

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Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG)

Armidale, Australia

une:1959.11/56098

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 FecB^B+ and FecB^BB 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.

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Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, v.25, p. 138-141

1328-3227

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