Effect of nutrition and endoparasitic treatment on growth, onset of puberty and reproductive activity in Menz ewe lambs

• Published in: Theriogenology Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 319 - 328
• Main Authors: Mukasa-Mugerwa, E., Kasali, O.B., Said, A.N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.1991
• Subjects: AGNEAU; ANTHELMINTHIQUE; ANTIHELMINTICOS; BENZIMIDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BREBIS; CICLO ESTRAL; CORDERO; CYCLE OESTRAL; DISPONIBILIDAD DE NUTRIENTES; ELEMENT NUTRITIF DISPONIBLE; endoparasites; ESTADO NUTRICIONAL; ETAT NUTRITIONNEL; ETHIOPIE; ETIOPIA; ewe lambs; GESTATION MULTIPLE; HELMINTHOSE; HELMINTIASIS; INDICE DE CRECIMIENTO; INFECCIONES POR NEMATODOS; MADUREZ SEXUAL; MATURITE SEXUELLE; NEMATODOSE; nutrition; OVEJA; OVIN; OVINOS; PARTOS MULTIPLES; PERFORMANCE DE REPRODUCTION; PESO; PESO AL NACIMIENTO; POIDS; POIDS A LA NAISSANCE; puberty; RACE; RAZAS; REPRODUCTIVIDAD; TAILLE DE LA PORTEE; TAMANO DE LA CAMADA; TAUX DE CROISSANCE; tropics; endoparasites; nutrition; puberty; tropics; ewe lambs

Ewe lambs of the Ethiopian Menz breed were assigned at weaning (90±3 days) to four levels of nutrition (poor, low, medium and high) to achieve different premating growth rates with or without treatment for endoparasites. A concentrate mixture providing 2.5 Mcal/kg dry matter (DM) metabolizable energ...