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The Tunisian Barbary sheep: A look at the morphostructural characteristics of purebred ewes reared under arid conditions

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Abstract Fat-tailed Barbary sheep are well-adapted to Tunisian arid areas and extensive management. Multivariate morphometric characteristics of this important breed have not been investigated. Morphometric data, collected during February-April 2014,… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Fat-tailed Barbary sheep are well-adapted to Tunisian arid areas and extensive management. Multivariate morphometric characteristics of this important breed have not been investigated. Morphometric data, collected during February-April 2014, of 249 purebred redhead Barbary ewes, ranged into young (1–2 years) and adults (2–9 years), and reared in Sfax, southern Tunisia, were used to explore the breed morphostructural characteristics under harsh arid conditions (

Keywords: tunisian barbary; barbary sheep; morphostructural characteristics; sheep look; arid conditions; look morphostructural

Journal Title: Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences
Year Published: 2021

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