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Veterinary Summit 2016
November 14-16, 2016
Volume 7 Issue 7(Suppl) J Vet Sci Technol
ISSN: 2157-7579 JVST, an open access journal
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November 14-16, 2016 Atlanta, USA
6th Global Veterinary Summit
Susanta Kumar Dash et al., J Vet Sci Technol 2016, 7:7(Suppl)
Evaluation of Kendrapada sheep: Champion prolific meat type sheep in India
Susanta Kumar Dash1 and Bishnupada Sethi2
1Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, India
2Fisheries & Animal Resources Development Department, India
Data on phenotypic characters, production and reproduction performance of 1332 numbers of Kendrapada sheep, recently
registered as the 42nd sheep breed in India, were collected through an in-depth monitoring survey conducted in the native
tract in Odisha, India. The area is situated between 19o 87’ N to 20o 96’ N latitude and between 85o 79’ E to 86o 76’ E longitude.
The climate is hot and moist sub-humid to hot and humid in nature. The average annual rainfall is around 1500 mm. Odisha is
gifted with sizable population of small ruminants distributed all over the state. Kendrapada sheep has been identified as second
prolific sheep breed in India, which carries FecB mutation, responsible for prolificacy and found in eastern coast of Bay of Bengal
in Odisha, India. More than 75% of Kendrapada sheep owners possess less than half hectare of cultivable land. Only 3.31% of
the farmers rearing this sheep own more than a hectare land, reflecting poor resource profiling of Kendrapada sheep farmers in
the native tract. The flock size ranges from 5 to 27. Predominantly deep brown, coat color ranges from light grey to blackish grey.
Both the sexes are polled. Ears are medium and little drooping. The ewe of this sheep comes to heat at around 10 to 11 months
and drops its first lamb at around 15 to 16 months of age. The average lambing interval in these sheep is 8 months with gestation
period of 150 days. The reproductive performance of these sheep is the uniqueness of this sheep population with more than 80%
multiple births; 71% twinning, 9% triplet and 1% quadruplets. The present study reveals that the mean body weight at birth,
weaning/3 months, 6 month and 12 month were 1.70±0.03, 6.76±0.04, 11.18±0.07 and 16.98±0.10 kg, respectively in males and
the corresponding values for females were 1.57±0.02, 6.42±0.04, 10.84±0.06 and 16.54±0.09 kg, respectively. Adult weights were
recorded as 27.33±0.12 kg and 27.19±0.11 kg, respectively in male and female sheep. Endowed with the resistance to tropical
diseases, these sheep have been proving their worth under extensive system of management under hot and humid climatic
conditions, contributing to the livelihood of resource poor farmers.
Biography
Susanta Kumar Dash has completed his PhD in 2007 and presently serving as a Professor at the Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Orissa University
of Agriculture and Technology, Odisha, India. He has registered 4 cattle, 2 buffalo and one sheep breed at national level, published more than 30 papers in reputed
journals and completed 14 projects on animal genetic resources of the country and serving as a Member in livestock breeding policy of Government of Odisha.