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REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE, PLASMA PROGESTERONE PROFILE AND DIGESTIBILITY IN EWES FED RATIONS CONTAINING DIFFERENT NI- TROGEN SOURCES

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T welve Suffolk crossbred ewes were used in this study. Animals randomly assigned to three equal groups and received three different ra­tionss: control ration (C group), 40% ammoniated corn stover (ACSGROUP) and 10% broilers litter ration (BL group).Experimental peri­od included two months preception, gestation and first five weeks of suckling period.Estrous cycle length was not influenced by the dietary treatments, with overall mean 16 days.Mean gestation lenghth was long­er (P<0.05) in BL group than C group (152.25 versus 148 days). Litter weight at birth was not influenced by treatment and not correlated with the length of gestation. Conception rate was not influenced by treat­ment, while, lambing rates decreased. Mean peak concentration of plas­ma progesterone increased (P<0.01) in response to dietary treatments in cycliing ewes but not in pregnant ewes.Twin pregnancies were higher in mean plasma progesterone level than single pregnancies(11.76 versus 8.39 mg/ml). Lambs growths during the first five weeks of suckling peri­od decreased (P<0.05) in BL group. The ACS ration had better CP, EE and NFE digestibility, TDN, DCP and the highest daily intake of TDN. It could be concluded that feeding rations contaning 40% ACS or 10% BL generally maintains the productive and reproductive perfor­mance of cycling, pregnant and lactating ewe.

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10.21608/ejar.2000.321695

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FAROK A.

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KHALIL

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Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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AHMED M. S.

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ABD-ELAZIZ

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Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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ISMAIL A.

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GOMAA

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Animal Production Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

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SAHAR A.

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ABDEL-REHIM

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Animal Production Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

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78

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43937

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2000-03-01

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1998-12-08

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2000-03-01

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237

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350

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1110-6336

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2812-4936

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Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research

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REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE, PLASMA PROGESTERONE PROFILE AND DIGESTIBILITY IN EWES FED RATIONS CONTAINING DIFFERENT NI- TROGEN SOURCES

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