Relationship between placental traits and maternal intrinsic factors in sheep》.pdf

Animal Reproduction Science 139 (2013) 31–37 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Animal Reproduction Science j o u r n a l h o m e p ag e : w w w . el sevier.c om/ locate /ani r e p r os ci Relationship between placental traits and maternal intrinsic factors in sheep S. Ocak a,∗ , S. Ogun a , H. Onder b a Middle East Sustainable Livestock, Biotechnology and Agro-Ecology Research and Development Centre, Zirve University, 27260, Gaziantep, Turkey b Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The relationship between maternal intrinsic factors and placental traits was investigated Received 29 November 2012 on three Southern Mediterranean breed of sheep; Cukurova Assaf (CA), Cukurova (C) and Received in revised form 8 March 2013 Cukurova Meat Sheep (CMS). The effect of parity and birth type were also considered in the Accepted 19 March 2013 study as a potential influencing factor. Our hypothesis was to show that while differences Available online 27 March 2013 in placental traits between breed, parity and birth type affected lamb condition and surviv- ability, its correlation to maternal intrinsic behavioral factors may also be a strong indicator. Keywords: Maternal intrinsic factors The study found breed related differences of maternal behavioral factors and also showed Parity