Sex ratio and reproductive performance of Madras red sheep under field conditions

The sex ratio and reproductive performance of Madras Red sheep under field condition was recorded during the period 1997 - 2009. The lambing percentage ranged from 80.32 to 90.56 with an overall of 86.01 ± 0.91%. The total number of lambing recorded during the period of study was 27,967. Out of these 99.936% were born single, 0.060% births were twins and only one was triplet (0.004%). The male: female sex ratio of overall births recorded was 47.82: 52.18 The male: female sex ratio of single births, twin births and triplet births recorded in the present study were 48.07: 51.93, 44.12: 55.88 and 66.67: 33.33 respectively..