The relationship between Body Weight and Body Condition Score in Karacabey Merino ewes.

The relationships between Body Condition Scores (BCS) and Body Weights (BW) have been investigated in three different physiological status such as mating, lambing and weaning time of ewes. The data were collected from 317 Karacabey Merino ewes in different age groups which were bred in Marmara Animal Research Institute. The results obtained from the regression analyses on BCS and LW for the status were based on the equations like LW=50.072+5.630*BCS, LW=50.914+5.722*BCS, LW=49.807+7.659*BCS respectively. The correlations (r) established by similar methods were 0.627, 0.651, 0.709 and statistically significant (P<0.01). The regression coefficients of BCS on BW were 5.630kg, 5.722kg, 7.659kg at mating, lambing, weaning respectively and also significant (P<0.01).