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The aim of this research was to determine the relationships between some body measurements and fat deposits in the Herik lamb, reared in the central Black Sea Region of Turkey. In this study, data on 20 single-born male Herik lambs, namely 10 with short, round, fat tail, and 10 with long, semi-fat tails, were used. They were finished for an average of 105 days under intensive management after weaning and slaughtered at an average body weight of 40 kg. Several body measurements were taken before slaughter. Carcasses were cut into sections which were separated into meat, bone and fat. Weights of tail, carcass and non-carcass fat were recorded and used in the calculation of the total body fat weight. The highest correlation coefficient was between tail fat weight and the upper tail circumference (r= 0.937, P<0.01), and the lowest was between the fat tail weight and tail length (r=0.059). The upper and lower tail circumferences explained 88% of total variation in the tail weight, and 71% of total variation in total body fat, respectively. In conclusion, lower and upper tail circumference can be used to predict fat tail weight, as well as total body fat, in Herik lambs. More detailed studies are needed for the determination of the relationship between body measurements and fat deposits and to improve the carcass characteristics of Herik lambs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to determine bacterial, parasitological and viral agents of diarrhea in lamb and goat kid in Marmara Region of Turkey. The material of this study was consisted of 88 lambs and 26 kids which were younger than 6 months old. A total of 26 Escherchia coli (22.8%), 27 Eimeria spp. (23.7%), 11 Cryptosporidium spp. (9.6%) and 6 Clostridium perfringens (5.3%) were identified from samples. In addition Rotavirus and Pestivirus were detected in 3, 4 of 114 of samples respectively. It was concluded that determining the most common agents that cause diarrhea in young small ruminants in Marmara Region may contribute to therapeutic approaches and prophylactic medicine procedures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research has been carried out to determine the survival rates of lambs, greasy fleece weight and live weight at parturition of fat-tailed 125 Hamdani ewes under extensive village conditions in Çığlı village of Çukurca province in Hakkari, Turkey. The survival rates (SRs) for lambs were found to be 98.5%, 96.2%, 96.2%, 94.6%, 93.9%, 93.9%, 93.9%, 99.2% and 99.2% for from birth (SR1), from birth to 1th (SR2), from birth to 2th (SR3), from birth to 3th (at weaning) (SR4), from birth to 4th (SR5), from birth to 5th (SR6), from birth to 6th (SR7), from 3th to 5th month (SR8) and from 3th to 6th month (SR9), respectively. The adjusted values related to average greasy fleece weight (GFW) and average live weights at parturition (LWP) of Hamdani ewes were found to be 2.29 ± 0.13 kg and 71.57 ± 1.28 kg, respectively. Significant effect of age and birth type on LWP of ewes were found (P<0.05). As a result, it was determined that SRs of lambs, average GFW and average LWP of Hamdani ewes with this study. Hamdani sheep had a better performance for mentioned traits compared with Turkish native sheep breeds and some certain cross breeds developed recently known in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this report, a four days old lamb was referred to Erciyes University, Pathology Department of Veterinary Medicine with a request of necropsy and reported with died from respiratory distress. At necropsy, it was seen that a portion of the stomach pass into the chest cavity from the 13 cm in length slit of diaphragm and found to compressing the left lobe of the lung. When the herniation brought to the normal position, the side in cleft part of diaphragm muscle was noticed that it was thinner. The left lobe of the lung was collapsed and also the presence of 8-12 cm sizes gray white discoloration was observed on liver. Microscopically, the rupture edges of the diaphragm muscle were composed of fibrous tissue. Atelectasis areas were seen in the lungs due from the stomach pressure and also fatty degeneration of the hepatocytes was observed in liver. This report was defined with results of necropsy and histopathological findings as a congenital diaphragmatic hernia which was the first case report in Turkey because of its rarity in lambs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study was carried out in order to examine the effect of vegetation period on the qualilty of pasture and fattening performance of grazing (May 22 to October 9) Tujhin sheep and lambs reared in Kars region. Animals were weighed and forage samples were taken from pasture fortnightly and analysed for dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), crude fiber (CF) and ether extract (EE). Chemical composition of pasture samples for DM, OM, CP, CF and EE were determined as 28.31%, 91.14%, 19.35%, 28.92% and 3.20% at the beginning of the study and 74.96%, 92.08%, 3.86%, 43.91% and 1.83% of the end of study, respectively. Daily and total live weight gains through the pasture season were determined for male and female lambs as 181.6 g/day, 164.9 g/day and 25.47, 23.10 kg respectively (P>0.05). Ewes gained 35 g/day daily live weight on average and 4.9 kg total live weight. In conclusion, it was determined that the pasture may meet greatly the nutritional requirements of the sheep and lambs when its green seasons (May 22 to July 31) and the CP content decreased and the DM and CF contents of forage by increasing maturity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study was conducted between January and May 2003 in small-holder sheep farms in Konya. A total of 471 faecal specimens obtained from 1-60 - day-old lambs were examined for the oocysts and coproantigens of Cryptosporidium parvum by Modified Ziehl Neelsen (MZN) staining technique and ELISA. The oocysts and coproantigens of C. parvum were identified in 14 (2.97%) and 43 (9.13%) of the 471 lambs, respectively. The infected lambs examined in the study were asymptomatically infected with C. parvum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study was conducted to identify Eimeria species in lambs in Antakya province. For this purpose, 248 samples were collected from 34 randomly selected lamb herds in 6 different towns. In the laboratory examination of samples, 10 different Eimeria species were identified in Antakya province. These species were E. ahsata(11.29%), E. bakuensis(38.70%), E. crandallis(64.91%), E. faurei(11.29%), E. intricata( 9.27%), E. marsica(16.93%), E. ovinoidalis (55.24%), E. pallida (3.62%), E. parva (13.30%), and E. weybridgensis (30.24%). Among these species, E. weybridgensis, E. marsica and the varieties of E. crandallis (small and blue varieties) are reported for the first time in Antakya province. E. gilruthi, E. gonzalezi, E. granulosa and E. punctata were not observed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study was conducted from data from 3 years of research performed at the Türkgeldi State Farm in 1997-2000. A total of 1053 Türkgeldi Pro-type B1 Tahirova x Kƒvƒrcƒk sheep including mature and young individuals were used as the study material. Litter size and fecundity were 1.42 and 1.51, respectively. The averages of birth weights and weaning weights were 3.43 and 20.04 kg, respectively. The average lactation milk yield was 100.62 kg, and the lactation period was 174.90 days. The levels of milk fat, protein, dry matter, ash and casein were 7.36%, 5.28%, 18.72%, 0.98% and 4.37%, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]