EFFECT OF PARITY AND BIRTH TYPE ON UDDER CHARACTERISTICS MILK YIELD AND COMPOSITION OF WEST AFRICAN DWARF SHEEP
ABSTRACT Twelve West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep, four in each of parities one, two and three were used to determine effect of parity and birth type on udder characteristics during pregnancy and lactation, milk yield and composition and their phenotypic relationships with milk yield . Udder length (UL), udder width (UW), udder circumference (UC), udder volume (UV), teat length (TL), teat width (TW), teat circumference (TC), distance between the teat ...
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