Occurrence of Microtia in Madras Red Sheep-A Study of 12 Flocks Soundararajan C.*, Nagarajan K.1, Prakash M. Arul2 Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Chennai-600007, Tamil Nadu 1Department of Veterinary Pathology 2University Research Farm, Madhavaram *Professor and Corresponding author: E-mail: drsoundarpara@gmail.com
Online published on 26 July, 2017. Abstract A total of 786 Madras Red sheep from twelve (12) flocks were examined for ear abnormalities. Overall occurrence of microtia was recorded to be 6.62% with higher occurrence in adult female (50.00%) followed by young male (21.53%), young female (15.38%), female lamb (7.69%), adult male (3.85%) and male lamb (1.92%). The incidence was observed in seven flocks primarily because of inbreeding. Top Keywords Madras red, microtia, occurrence, sheep. Top |