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

C Nimbkar; P M Ghalsasi; S W Walkden-Brown; J h J Van Der Werf

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

C Nimbkar
, P M Ghalsasi
, S W Walkden-Brown
, J h J Van Der Werf

Animal Science

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	138-141
Journal	Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Volume	25
Publication status	Published - 26 Jul 2023
Event	AAABG 2023: 25th Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics - The University Club of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Duration: 26 Jul 2023 → 28 Jul 2023

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FecB carrier Deccani crossbred ewes in Maharashtra, India have moderately higher litter sizes than non-carrier ewes. / Nimbkar, C; Ghalsasi, P M; Walkden-Brown, S W et al.
In: Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Vol. 25, 26.07.2023, p. 138-141.

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

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