| Yazarlar |
Zafer Ulutaş
Niğde Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Metin Sezer
Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Yüksel Aksoy
Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Emre ŞİRİN
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Uğur Şen
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Mehmet Kuran
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Yavuz Akbaş
Ege Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| This study focused on the comparison of the growth characteristics of single and twin birth lambs in Karayaka sheep which is an indigenous breed of the northern part of Turkey. Gompertz growth function was fitted to body weight age data of 81 lambs (39 males and 42 females) from birth to 10 months of age. Single birth lamb of both sexes showed lower asymptotic weight than the twin birth ones. There were a noticeable difference in the absolute growth rate between birth types before inflection point but decline after the inflection point was slower for twins than that for singles. Similarly, the decrease in relative growth rate was higher for singles than that for twins. The Gompertz model parameters showed similar trends for birth types in both sexes. The results indicated that the type of the birth should be taken into account besides the sex of the individuals, while working on biological modelling of sheep growth and subsequent genetic evaluations of the related traits. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Growth curve, gompertz function, nonlinear model parameter, birth type, indigenous breed, karayaka lamb, Turkey |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances |
| Dergi ISSN | 1680-5593 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 09-2010 |
| Cilt No | 9 |
| Sayı | 9 |
| Sayfalar | 1384 / 1388 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.3923/javaa.2010.1384.1388 |
| Makale Linki | http://www.medwelljournals.com/abstract/?doi=javaa.2010.1384.1388 |
| Atıf Sayıları | |
| Google Scholar | 44 |
