Methods of Improving Reproductive Parameters in Sheep and The Major Genes Associated with Prolificacy: A Review
Alexandru Marius DEAC,
Adriana Sebastiana MUSCĂ,
Marius Gavril AIPĂTIOAIE
et al.
Abstract:
Farm profitability is heavily influenced by reproductive capacity. Fertility, prolificacy, and fecundity are all indicators of reproductive efficiency. In sheep with high economic value, prolificacy is a key reproduction parameter (Notter, 2008). Because most sheep breeds are monotocous, similar to Mouflon wild sheep (Garel et al., 2005), improving fecundity is a serious concern (Tang et al., 2019). This review aims to study genes and the genetic means of improving sheep reproduction parameters. Numerou… Show more
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