OPTIMAL PRE-WEANING BODY WEIGHT AS AN EARLY SELECTION CRITERION FOR IMPROVING MEAT PRODUCTION IN BARKI SHEEP

Document Type : Original Article

Author

• Salwa I. El-Wakil

Animal and Poultry Breeding Department, Desert Research Centre, El-Matareya, Cairo, Egypt

Keywords

• Pre-weaning body weights
• genetic parameters
• early selection
• Barki sheep