Abstract
The effects of age, live weight and body condition score on the reproductive parameters of the ewes and the development of the lambs were investigated in Kıvırcık ewes whose estrus was synchronized. In this context, a total of 85 sheep with different age, body condition and live weight were evaluated. The average dam age, body condition score (mating-birth) and live weight (mating-birth) were found to be 2.98, (3.04-3.22) and (57.05-62.99), respectively. The effect of dam age and body condition score on lambing rate, multiple birth rate and viability was found to be significant (P
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