Study of the effect of rough forage on the characteristics of carcasses of the Iraqi Al-Awassi and Al-Karadi breeds

Abstract

Twenty four lambs 5-6 months old and average weight 30.2 kg. of Awassi and Karradi breeds were used in a feeding experiment. Feeding was on roughages made up of wheat straw, reed straw and corn cubs broken into small parts. Feeding contiunued for 12 week. All lambs were slaughtered at the end of the feeding period and the variouse carcass traits were measured. In general there were no significant differences between the two breeds with regard to the characters under study. This underscores the closeness of the two breeds and the interbreeding between them. The analysis of variance did not show significant differences between the various treatment groups for the traits studied.