Effect of environmental factors on performance of purebred and crossbred Santa Inês lambs from birth to 154 days of age
AUTOR(ES)
Koritiaki, Natália Albieri, Ribeiro, Edson Luis de Azambuja, Mizubuti, Ivone Yurika, Silva, Leandro das Dores Ferreira da, Barbosa, Marco Aurélio Alves de Freitas, Scerbo, Danielle Clivati, Muniz, Carolina Amália de Souza Dantas, Fernandes Júnior, Francisco
FONTE
R. Bras. Zootec.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2013-02
RESUMO
The objectives of this study were to evaluate the environmental effects (age of dam at lambing, type of birth and sex of lamb) and genetic groups (Santa Inês and ½ Santa Inês) on weight and morphometric measurements (heart girth, body length and height) of lambs; to test linear and allometric regressions to predict the weight through the measurements; and to describe the type of growth of the measurements from weight. Weight and morphometric measurements were sampled from birth to 154 days of age, at every 14 days. For the evaluation of the environmental factors and to predict the regressions the data of birth, weaning and 154 days of age were used; and to determine the type of growth all the data collected were used. The lambs derived from younger (two-tooth) ewes recorded lower averages than the ones from eight-tooth ewes for weight, heart girth and body length at birth and length at weaning. The animals born from single births presented higher average weight from birth to weaning, as well as of all the measurements from birth to 154 days of age than those from twin births. There was no difference between the genetic groups Santa Inês and ½ Santa Inês. The correlations between the weight and measurements were significant, and it was possible to predict the weight from the morphometric measurements through regressions. The type of weight gain with heart girth was isometric, while with length it was positive allometric, and with height it was negative allometric. Thereby, in the absence of a scale it is possible to predict the weight from the morphometric measurements, and the type of birth is the most important factor that affects the development of lambs from birth to weaning.
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