Abstract

On-Farm Body Measurements and Evaluation of Batur Sheep on Different Age and Sex in Banjarnegara Regency, Indonesia

Highlights

  • Batur sheep is one of the Indonesian local sheep breeds

  • The OneSample T-Test (Skaik, 2015) was performed on adult Batur sheep to compare the data with standardization of Batur sheep body size based on the decree of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia (Ministry of Agriculture, 2011) as the basic data for evaluation the body size of Batur sheep kept by smallholder farmers at the present

  • The conclusion, the age group of Batur sheep exerted an effect on body weight (BW), chest girth (CG), height at withers (HW), TL, and body length (BL) sizes, but no effect on ear length (EL) size

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Summary

Introduction

Batur sheep as the result of a crossbreed between Merino sheep and Thin-Tailed sheep, that was originated and spread widely in Batur District, Banjarnegara Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. This sheep has been cultivated, maintained, and developed by smallholder farmers for generations since 1974 (Ministry of Agriculture, 2011). Batur sheep with good performance are widely sold outside of the region due to high demand and high prices from outside market, especially during the Eid al-Adha period (Ibrahim et al, 2019b), because consumer-preferred their phenotypic characteristics (Ibrahim et al, 2019a), the development of Batur sheep was still limited in Batur District and surroundings areas (Muryanto et al, 2019)

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