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Effect of age at which lambs are castrated on carcass weight and quality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1959

D. M. Joubert
D. M. Joubert
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, University of Pretoria
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Groups of Dorper lambs were castrated at three ages: shortly after birth, and at two and four months of age. All were slaughtered at an age of six months and the carcasses subsequently weighed, graded, measured and scored. The results indicate no marked differences in either weight or quality of carcass between the treatments. It is concluded that the operation can safely be carried out, depending upon circumstances, at any stage between birth and four months.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , September 1959 , pp. 163 - 165
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1959

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