Three breeds could be described among the Galaic sheep population of N. W. Spain: Celtic, G. Churra and G. entrefina. The first is the smallest, its live weight being 25-30 Kg in adult ewes, with concave profile heads, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Carcases of 200 merino sheep were appraised visually and objectively. Mean age was 6.1 years and mean weight at slaughter was 40.21 kg giving a carcase yield of 19.78 kg (48.9%). Assessment of the carcass gave mean values ...

Four experimental diets including 51.5-59.3 p. 100 of pelleted olive pulpe, pit and fat cleaned off, were cornpared with a control diet containingbarky and soya bean meal. The experimental diets were formulated to provide ...

Eight measurements of length, width and fatness were made for 341 Segureña lamb carcasses (137 female and 204 male) weighing from 7 to 18+ kg. Dimensions obtained for males and females generally increased with carcass ...

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 ...

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, ...