Influence Of Sex, Breed And Season On Birth Weight Of Lambs In The University Live Stock Teaching And Research Farm

ABSTRACT

Sheep like goat is a small ruminant with a high adoptability  climate. Sheep by nature is a germanous animal and it is generally  unlike goat which produce more than one young one at the time of kidding , sheep plays an important role in the animal production and rural economy in arid and semi arid regions and largely marina1 and sub-marginal holding (i , 193:) Of the total 1 043 milljon sheep in the \vorlri in 1975 snore than one lit rd of the worki sheen popuLl inn in the tropics consist of indigenous breeds with poor yield. The animals are kept almost excessively for domestic purposes, by the nomads of Africa, Arabia and the near East, and pro\'ide meat and milk.