For a 2 years period a study was carried out on the gross composition of Spanish Merino sheep milk at the suckling period noting the fat, protein, lactose and energy contained therein. The mean average for the 8 week study ...

Thirty Merino lamb carcasses were grouped for data analysis in three groups: A, B and C, with carcass weights of 6.5, 12.2 and 14.1 kg. Half carcasses were dissected in order to study the relationship among,bone, muscle ...

Thirty-four ewes (2-3 years old) of the Merina and Segureña breeds, have been used. Lateral and ventrodorsal radiographies have been realized, obtaining data corresponding to eight parameters such as the craniumfacial angle ...

In order to quantify the incidence of milk proteins on cheesemaking indexes, a study on 3672 Manchega sheep milk samples has been performed. The medium values obtained for those indexes are: curdling time (TC)= 40.13±0.37 ...

Ewes of three breed groups (rasas, 41 kg; gallegas, 21 kg; cross bred fleischschaf x Rasa, 52 kg average live weight), previously exposed to fertile rams were used in three experiments designed to test the possibility of ...

The incidence of 13-lactoglobulin variants (f3¬Lg) on milk pH, caseins content and curd yield has been analysed on 918 Manchega sheep, under Official Milk Recording, in the CERSYRA of Valdepeñas (Ciudad Real). For the B-Lg, ...

20 body measurements and 16 biometric indexes were determined in 812 Segureña sheep, (47 male and 765 female afect from one to ten years. Animals were medium-framed with clear sexual dimorphism; male mean weight was 72.2 ...

The purpose of this work iS to examine milk production potential in Segureña breed. To, this aim 41 ewes (33 single and 6 twins) were used. The lactation period covered was 7 weeks. Milk production was estimated by the ...