Authors : M.A. Blanco , O.C. Gutierrez and V.O. Fuentes
Abstract: With the objective of studying milk production in Mexican ewes (Suffolk X Hamsphire X Rambouillet), in an intensive production unit, 20 ewes were selected at random, 12 h after lambing the new born was withdrawn and thereafter ewes were hand milked twice a day at 6:00 am and at 6:00 pm. End of milk production was considered when ewes produced less than 200 mL. Total milk produced was 1,242.88 L. Average production per day/ewe was. 547 L. Milking days of the selected ewes was 106. It was observed that the amount of milk produced and the number of milking days was similar to production reported for some milking breeds.
M.A. Blanco , O.C. Gutierrez and V.O. Fuentes , 2006. Production Unit on the Highlands of Mexico. An Informative Note. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 5: 844-846.