This article presents the results of clinical and laboratory studies on examination sooty Karakul sheep. farming is one main branches animal husbandry, today some 6 million sheep are raised in desert semi-desert pastures Republic. The productivity most rangelands these areas low, this figure largely dependent atmospheric precipitation. In addition, global problem warming causing a sharp drop Pa...

This study was conducted to estimate genetic distances among Akkaraman, Morkaraman, Awassi, Merino, Karakul, Kivircik, Imroz, Daglic and Karayaka sheep breeds reared in Turkey based on simple polymorphic blood protein types by using various methods including horizontal strach gel electrophoresis and polyacrilamyde gel electrophoresis (PAGE). NJ and UPGMA trees were constructed based on genetic ...

The Garole is the only known prolific sheep breed in India and is a native of Sunderban, the swampy delta region of West Bengal [1]. Malpura is a popular mutton-type breed of semi-arid tropical region of India. These sheep are known for their hardiness and adaptability to the local environment but prolificacy is low with ewes usually producing single lambs. Increasing prolificacy of the Malpura...

the booroola fecundity gene (fecb) and growth differentiation factor 9 (gdf9) gene belong to the transforming growth factor β (tgf-β) superfamily. the mutations of these genes have additive effects on the prolificacy in sheep. the aim of the present study was to determine the possible mutations of fecb and fecgh genes in lory sheep breed of the lorestan province, iran. sixty blood samples were ...

The Booroola fecundity gene (FecB) and growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) gene belong to the transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) superfamily. The mutations of these genes have additive effects on the prolificacy in sheep. The aim of the present study was to determine the possible mutations of FecB and FecG(H) genes in Lory sheep breed of the Lorestan province, Iran. Sixty blood samples wer...

The study was conducted on 85 neonatals of Pak-Karakul sheep at the Sheep and Goat Development Centre, Rakh Khairewala, District Layyah, Pakistan, with the aim of assessing the relationship of immunoglobulins to neonatal lamb mortality. Overall mortality in neonates was 8.24%. Surviving lambs (3.77±0.07 kg) were significantly (P<0.001) heavier than those that died during the neonatal period (2....

BACKGROUND It has been questioned if the old native Norwegian sheep breed, Old Norse Sheep (also called Norwegian Feral Sheep), normally distributed on coastal areas where ticks are abundant, is more protected against tick-borne infections than other Norwegian breeds due to a continuously high selection pressure on pasture. The aim of the present study was to test this hypothesis in an experime...

Callipyge (CLPG) is a candidate gene with significant effect on meat quality and growth in sheep. The aim of this study was to investigate the polymorphism CLPG Akkaraman breed. In study, DNAs obtained from blood samples 50 sheep used as material. CLPG/Faq1 examined all individuals using method PCR-RFLP. Only A allele AA genotype were detected after PCR-RFLP procedure. This first which investig...