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Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2005 Merino sheep in Thornveld, Dorper sheep and Angora goats in inland Valley Bushveld, Angora goats and Boer goats in Valley Bushveld on the coastal plateau, and springbok, Antidorcas marsupialis, and black wildebeest, Connochaetes gnou, in Karroid ...
I.G. Horak
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Animals, 2023 Physiological and blood measurement changes due to high heat load, restricted feed intake, and limited drinking water availability in 135 animals of three hair sheep breeds (Dorper, Katahdin, and St.
Dereje Tadesse +4 more
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Biology, 2023 Dorper sheep was developed for meat production in arid and semi-arid regions under extensive production systems in South Africa. Two variants with distinct head and neck colors were bred during their development process.
George Wanjala +5 more
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Dorper sheep utilizing feed resources efficiently: a Mediterranean case study [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2016 ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to determine the effect varying feeding systems would have on meat quality and production. The study looked at 45 Dorper lambs which were subjected to three different feeding protocols representing three alternate production systems: extensive grazing system (Group G), an intensive feedlot system being fed concentrate +
Ocak, Sezen, Ogun, Sinan, Yilmaz, Onur
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Genetic evaluation of growth rate and efficiency-related traits in Dorper sheep
Ecological Genetics and Genomics, 2023 The present study was carried out to estimate genetic and phenotypic parameters for growth rate and efficiency-related traits in Dorper sheep. Growth records from the breeding flock of Dorper sheep collected between 2012 and 2021 at Debre Birhan Agricultural Research Center, Amhara Region, Ethiopia were used in this study.
Shanbel Besufkad +9 more
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The potential to control Haemonchus contortus in indigenous South African goats with copper oxide wire particles [PDF]
, 2009 The high prevalence of resistance of Haemonchus contortus to all major anthelmintic groups has prompted investigations into alternative control methods in South Africa, including the use of copper oxide wire particle (COWP) boluses.
Githiori, John +3 more
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Association analysis of GHR gene polymorphism with growth traits in sheep
Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2022 In this study, polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) was employed to investigate the polymorphism of GHR gene and the correlations of polymorphic sites with growth traits.
JUNYAN BAI +11 more
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Adaptive and Productive Sheep Breed for Changing Climate
Proceedings, 2020 Sheep in semi-arid environments are likely to be affected by warming environment due to climate change. To identify genotypes best suited to warmer climates we assessed thermotolerance and meat quality of 5 female sheep of each of 4 breeds (Merino ...
Surinder S. Chauhan +7 more
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Examination of microsatellite markers of Dorper sheep breed
Acta Agraria Debreceniensis, 2016 Number of not woolly and molty sheep exceeds 60 million throughout the world. Their numbers and their importance is growing, still they have appeared in the past two decades all over in North-America, Australia, New-Zealand and also in Europe. The South African Dorper has been a pioneer among them in Hungary.
Nikolett Csizmár +2 more
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2016 : Dermatosparaxis is an autosomal recessive disorder of connective tissue; the disorder is clinically characterized by skin fragility and hyperextensibility.
Danilo G.A. Andrade +5 more
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