Table 1 Pregnancy stage and foetal number of slaughtered pregnant animals

1st (%)

2nd (%)

3rd (%)

Twin

Multiple

Buffalo

NS*

NS*

NS*

NS*

NS*

Khan and Khan (1989).

Carmel

NS*

2nd

NS*

NS*

NS*

Sonfada et al. (2009).

Cows

NS*

15.00

15-26.67

90%

90%

Singleton (1996); Opara et al. (2006); Ernst, 2009 and Riehn et al. (2010).

Does

NS*

NS*

NS*

NS*

NS*

-

Mares

NS*

NS*

NS*

NS*

NS*

-

Sows

NS*

NS*

NS*

NS*

NS*

-

Ewes

NS*

NS*

NS*

24%

NS*

Mukasa-Mugerwa and Tekelye (2003).