Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad - 500 030, India.
*Forms part of the M.V.Sc. thesis submitted by the first author to Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Hyderabad.
Data on body weight and heart girth, body length, height at withers and hip width of 1411 Deccani ewes at 2, 4 and 8-teeth age, reared under field conditions in 14 villages of 8 mandals in its native breeding tract of Mahabubnagar district were analyzed. Thebody weights and body measurements were significantly affected by the mandals. The phenotypic correlations were positive and significant.
