GENETIC AND PHENOTYPIC PARAMETERS OF BIRTH, WEANING AND YEARLING BODY WEIGHTS OF BARKI SHEEP RAISED IN THE NORTH WESTERN COAST OF EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Salwa I. ElWakil ¹
• Manal ElSayed ²
• A. M. Moustafa ³
• R. R. Sadek ⁴
• A. A. Nigm ⁴

¹ Body weight, heritability, genetic correlations, Barki sheep, Egypt

² Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Ein Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

³ Animal and Poultry Breeding Department, Desert Research Centre, ElMatareya, Cairo, Egypt

⁴ Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University

Keywords

• Body weight
• heritability
• genetic correlations
• Barki sheep
• Egypt