2015•Chinese Qinghai Journal of Animal and Veterinary SciencesRequires access
Crossbreeding experiment of Chinese Merino and Qinghai semi-fine wool sheep
Yan Ming-y
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Abstract
The crossbreeding experiment of Chinese Merino and Qinghai semi-fine wool sheep were implemented under natural grassland grazing in alpine pastoral area for determinating development and growth index of F1 lamb aged with 4 month and aged with 12 month. The results showed that: F1 lamb had faster growth compared with Qinghai Semi-wool lamb under the harsh environment conditions of Qinghai plateau, the live weight of lamb aged with 4,12 month is 28.84 kg and 35.07 kg, respectively, increased by 5.19 kg and 5.77kg(P 0.01) respectively compared with Qinghai Semi-wool lamb. Body length, body height, chest girth, chest depth was significantly higher than that of Qinghai Semi-wool lamb( P0.01).