Climate impacts on reproductive performance of Romanov sheep in the moderate climate

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العنوان: Climate impacts on reproductive performance of Romanov sheep in the moderate climate
المؤلفون: Željko Vidas, Attila Dobos, Charlotte Stiles, Marko Samardžija, Predrag Kočila, Iva Bacan, Jozo Grbavac, Dražen Đuričić, Franjo Marković
المصدر: Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology. 10:1-6
بيانات النشر: JABB - Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
مصطلحات موضوعية: Sunlight, Atmospheric Science, Percentile, Ecology, media_common.quotation_subject, Total fertility rate, biology.animal_breed, Biology, air temperature, birth weight, kidding distribution, rainfall precipitation, Animal science, Air temperature, Sunshine duration, Animal Science and Zoology, Romanov sheep, Precipitation, Reproduction, media_common
الوصف: This study aimed to investigate the climatological impacts of air temperature, sunshine duration, and rain precipitation, in a moderate climate, on the reproductive performance of Romanov sheep in the continental part of Croatia, during two consecutive years (2019-2020). Our study included 549 matings with 520 successful conceptions at 5 Romanov sheep farms, and the fertility rate was 94.72%. The percentage of lambs delivered in winter was 53.27% (n = 277), in spring 20.19% (n = 105), in summer 14.23% (n = 74) and 12.31% in autumn (n = 64). According to percentile ranks and classification ratings, thermal conditions have been described as very warm (during 2019-2020), while precipitation conditions, expressed in percentiles, were wet (during 2019) but dry (during 2020) for this region. The peak of sexual activity was from mid-August until October in 2019 and from the end of August to November in 2020 for Romanov sheep in northwestern (NW) Croatia. A Kruskal-Wallis test showed a statistically significant difference in the number of pregnant ewes during the different mating seasons in the year (p < 0.001). Therefore, we can assume that air temperature, precipitation volume, and sunshine duration during the different seasons could impact the reproductive performance of Romanov sheep in a moderate climate.
تدمد: 2318-1265
DOI: 10.31893/jabb.22001
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::66aa8b3da6991653a1e16cfbf88ea649
https://doi.org/10.31893/jabb.22001
Rights: OPEN
رقم الانضمام: edsair.doi.dedup.....66aa8b3da6991653a1e16cfbf88ea649
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE
الوصف
تدمد:23181265
DOI:10.31893/jabb.22001