Effect of body condition score at mating on the reproductive performance of Kivircik sheep under an extensive production system

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1555-1560

  Yilmaz, Murat ^a   Altin, Tufan ^a   Karaca, Orhan ^a   Cemal, Ibrahim ^a   Bardakcioglu, Husnu Erbay ^a   Yilmaz, Onur ^a   Taskin, Turgay ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body condition scores; Fecundity; Gestation productivity; Kivircik sheep; Lambing rate; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SHEEP; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; TURKEY;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 80255122707     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9841-1     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Atti, N., Thériez, M., Abdennebi, L., 2001. Relationship between ewe body condition at mating and reproductive performance in the fat-tailed Barbarine breed, Animal Research, 50, 135-144.
2. Bicer, O., 1991. Koyunlarda vücut kondüsyon puanlamasi{dotless} ve koyun yetiştiriciliǧinde önemi, Journal of Agricultural Faculty, University of Çukurova, 6, 81-88 (in Turkish).
3. Esmailizadeh, A. K., Dayani, O., Mokhtari, M. S., 2009. Lambing season and fertility of fat-tailed ewes under an extensive production system are associated with live weight and body condition around mating, Animal Production Science, 49, 1086-1092.
4. Forcada, F., Abecia, J. A., and Sierra, I., 1992. Seasonal changes in oestrus activity and ovulation rate in Rasa Aragonesa ewes maintained at two different body condition levels, Small Ruminant Research, 8, 313-324.
5. Gunn, R. G., 1983. The influence of nutrition in the reproductive performance of ewes. ln: Sheep Production, Haresign, W. (ed.), Butterworths, London, pp. 99-101.
6. Kaymakci, M., Oguz, C. Un, Bilgen, G. and Taskin, T., 2001. Basic characteristics of some Turkish indigenous sheep breeds, Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 4, 916-919.
7. Maurya, V. P., Kumar, S., Kumar, D., Gulyani, R., Joshi, A., Naqvi, S. M. K., Arora, A. L., Singh, V. K., 2009. Effect of body condition score on reproductive performance of Chokla ewes, Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 79, 1136-1138.
8. Muñoz, R. R., Martinez, R. R., Leyva, C., Mellado, M., Véliz, F. G., 2010. Effect of body condition score of does and use of bucks subjected to added artificial light on estrus response of Alpine goats, Tropical Animal Health and Production, 42, 1285-1289.
9. Nordby, D. J., Field, R. A., Riley, M. L., Johnson, C. L. and Kercher, C. J., 1986. Effects of maternal under nutrition during early pregnancy on postnatal growth in lambs, Proceedings of Western Section of American Society for Animal Science, 37, 92.
10. Ocak, S., Davran, M. K., Guney, O., 2010. Small ruminant production in Turkey: highlighting in goat production, Tropical Animal Health and Production, 42, 155-159.
11. Rhind, S. M., Leslie, I. D., Gunn, R. G. and Doney, J. M., 1986. Effects of high levels of body conditionand food intake on plasma follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, prolactin and progesterone profiles around mating in Greyface ewes, Animal Production, 43, 101-107.
12. Russel, A. J. F., Dowey, J. M. and Gunn, R. G., 1969. Subjective assessment of body fat in live sheep, Journal of Agronomical Sciences, 72, 451-454.
13. Sanson, D. W., West, T. R., Tatman, W. R., Riley, M. L., Judkins, M. B. and Moss, G. E., 1993. Relationship of body composition of mature ewes with condition score and body weight, Journal of Animal Science, 71, 1112-1116.
14. SAS, 1999. SAS User's guide statistics statistical analysis systems institute inc., Cary, North Caroline.
15. Sejian, V., Maurya, V. P., Naqvi, S. M. K., Kumar D. and Joshi, A., 2009. Effect of induced body condition score differences on physiological response, productive and reproductive performance of Malpura ewes kept in a hot, semi-arid environment, Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 94, 154-161.
16. Sezenler, T., Koycu, E., Ozder, M., Karadagi, O. and Erdogan, I., 2007. Karacabey Merinosu koyunlari{dotless}nda yaş ve vücut kondüsyon puani{dotless}ni{dotless}n kimi döl verim özelliklerine etkisi, Tekirdaǧ Ziraat Fakültesi Dergisi, 4, 277-281 (in Turkish).
17. Sonmez, R., Kaymakci{dotless}, M., Eliçin, A., Tuncel, E., Wassmuth, R., Taski{dotless}n, T., 2009. Türkiye koyun i{dotless}slahi{dotless} çali{dotless}şmalari{dotless}, Uludaǧ Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Dergisi, 23, 43-65 (in Turkish).
18. Thomas, D. L., Thomford, P. J., Crickman, J. G., Cobb, A. R. and Dziuk, P. J., 1987. Effects of plane of nutrition and phenobarbital during the pre-mating period on reproduction in ewes fed differentially during the summer and mated in the fall, Journal of Animal Science, 64, 1144-1152.
19. Thompson, J. M. and Meyer, H., 2004. Body condition scoring of sheep, http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/html/ec/ec1433/.
20. Thompson, J. M. and Meyer, H., 2006. Body condition scoring of sheep. Proc. 52nd Bien. Spooner Sheep D. Page: 28 Reprinted from: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/animal-sciences/bcs.htm.
21. Ucar, O., Kaya, M., Yildiz, S., Onder, F., Cenesiz, M., Uzun. M., 2005. Effect of progestagen/PMSG treatment for oestrus synchronization of Tuj ewes to be bred after the natural breeding season, Acta Veterinaria Brno, 74, 385-393.
22. West, K. S., Meyer, H. H. and Sasser, R. G., 1989. Ewe body condition and nutrition effects on embryonic loss, Journal of Animal Science, 67 (Suppl. 1), 424 (Abstract).
23. Yilmaz, M., Altin, T., Cemal, I., Yilmaz, O. and Taskin, T., 2007. Ki{dotless}vi{dotless}rci{dotless}k koyunlari{dotless}n koç kati{dotless}m dönemi kondüsyonlari{dotless}, 5. National Animal Science Congress, Van-Turkey (in Turkish).