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Table 3 Birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW) and average daily gain (ADG) of TC lambs born to dams from four genetic groups

From: Production traits in F1 and F2 crosses with naturalized hair breed Santa Inês ewes

Dam genetic group

BW (kg)

WW (kg)

ADG (g/day)

Santa Inês

4.18 ± 0.37ª

20.27 ± 5.06ª

177 ± 0.05ª

Ile de France x Santa Inês

4.31 ± 0.88ª

18.48 ± 2.01ª

152 ± 0.03ª

Dorper x Santa Inês

4.16 ± 0.68ª

20.07 ± 2.86ª

175 ± 0.03ª

Texel x Santa Inês

4.17 ± 0.73ª

19.72 ± 3.36ª

172 ± 0.04ª

Mean

4.21 ± 0.69

19.58 ± 3.52

169 ± 0.03

  1. Superscripts with different values in the same column differ significantly using the Tukey test (P <0.05).