Performance of the fat-tailed Barbarine sheepin its environment: adaptive capacity to alternationof underfeeding and re-feeding periods. A review

The Barbarine sheep is characterised by a fat-tail, whose mass varies between 1 and 4 kg. Its management is traditionally based on spring mating. The ability of this fat-tailed ewe to mobilise its body reserves has been demonstrated in lactation and the dry period by experimentally varying the food ... View More