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Pre-weaning performance and commercial growth curve in Dorper, Katahdin, and Romanov crossed lambs in a highland zone from central Mexico

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The aim was to evaluate the pre-weaning productive performance and growth curve of Dorper*Katahdin (DPr; n = 46), Kathadin*Kathadin (KTn; n = 204) and Romanov*Kathadin (RMv; n = 40) of commercial crossed lambs from central Mexico. We considered 1450 data from 290 crossbred lambs. The variables contemplated in this study were cross (CR), lambing type (LT), sex, birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), test days (TD), and daily weight gain (DWG). Correlation analysis and adjustment of growth curve were performed. Differences in CR and sex were found only in BW (p < 0.05). No differences in DWG, WW, and TD (p > 0.05) by CR and sex were found. Single lambing had the highest (p < 0.05) BW, WW, and DWG. Phenotypic correlations differ among crosses. Lambs crossed with DPr presented the highest values in parameters a and b and the lowest in c. The productive behavior of DPr, KTn, and RMv cross with KTn lambs in central Mexico is similar in the pre-weaning period; however, the growth curve and parameters that characterize it suggest that DPr lambs show a tendency to enhance productive behavior in this period.

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This work was supported by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) with project approval PIAPI 2037 “Ultrasound evaluation of male and female reproductive organs in sheep and goats, to determine echogenicity parameters related to productive and reproductive efficiency.”

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  1. Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 54714, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Estado de México, Mexico

    Gabriela Castillo-Hernández, Misael Rubén Oliver-González, Laura Castillo-Hernández & Omar Salvador-Flores

  2. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias. Campo Experimental La Laguna, 27440, Matamoros, Coahuila, Mexico

    Jorge Alonso Maldonado-Jáquez

  3. Colegio de Postgraduados-Campus Montecillo, Programa de Ganadería, 56230, Montecillo, Estado de México, Mexico

    Gabriela Castillo-Hernández & Jorge Alonso Maldonado-Jáquez

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All authors contributed to the study’s conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Gabriela Castillo Hernández, Laura Castillo Hernandez, Omar Salvador Flores y Misael Rubén Oliver González. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Jorge Alonso Maldonado Jáquez and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Castillo-Hernández, G., Oliver-González, M.R., Castillo-Hernández, L. et al. Pre-weaning performance and commercial growth curve in Dorper, Katahdin, and Romanov crossed lambs in a highland zone from central Mexico. Trop Anim Health Prod 54, 194 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-022-03202-x

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