Open AccessSupplementary feeding to improve Desert sheep productivity under dryland farming
Author(s) -
ElHag FM,
Ahmed MK A,
Salih AM,
Mohamed Khair MA,
Fadlalla B,
Ibnoaf AA,
Ahmed MMM
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
tropical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-9179
pISSN - 0041-3291
DOI - 10.1002/ts.188
Subject(s) - domestic sheep reproduction , zoology , biology , desert (philosophy) , productivity , mating , agronomy , agriculture , ecology , economics , philosophy , epistemology , macroeconomics
Supplementary feeding of Desert ewes at mating time or for 45 days pre‐lambing, or both combined, increased lambing and twinning, gave heavier lambs and gave farmers a greater monetary return. The best return was with the two supplements combined. Supplementing the diet of weaned lambs for four months gave increased growth, advanced puberty, and gave higher conception and lambing rates. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd