Nellore Brown

A sturdy sheep variety with different shades of brown. Widely reared by farmers around Nandyal and Kurnool districts of Andhra Pradesh. This variety has undergone natural selection under the sun & rain for decades. The meat is considered to be superior in the Deccan tract of India.

The sheep are little shorter in height and length with various shades of Brown. Some animals have hairy backs. The birth weight ranges from 2.8 to 3.5Kg and they attain 12kg weight in 45days. The lambs take to suckling fast and the lamb mortality is low. The animals look sturdy and bear the weather changes better. We will be concentrating on the solid brown coloured animals with less hair in Nellore Brown variety. Such animals will have higher dressing percentage.

EXPECTED WEIGHTS

Age	Jodipi	Jodipi	N.Brown	N.Brown	Ramb	Ramb
Days	male	female	male	female	Male	Female
1	3.6	3.4	3.4	3.2	4.0	3.8
15	5.2	5.0	5.0	4.8	5.5	5.3
30	9.0	8.5	8.5	8.0	9.5	9.0
45	13.0	12.0	12.0	11.0	14.0	13.0
60	15.5	4.5	14.5	13.5	16.5	15.5
75	18.0	17.0	17.0	16.0	19.0	18.0
90	20.5	19.5	19.5	18.5	21.5	20.5
105	23.0	22.0	22.0	21.0	24.0	23.0

SUGGESTED FEED FORMULAE FOR SHEEP
MATERIAL	BREEDER	BREEDER	BREEDER	COMMER
	STARTER	GROWER	MILK	FINISHER
	FEED1	FEED2	FEED3	FEED4
	1000	1000	1000	1000
MAIZE	532	392	392	407
BROKEN RICE	100	150	100	100
D.O.B	70	100	100	100
CORN COBB MEAL	40	150	150	150
SOYA	80	20	20	40
DGNC	80	80	80	80
SFC	50	70	70	70
COTTONSEED CAKE	0	0	0	0
MCP	8	8	8	8
LIME STONE GRIT	20	20	70	20
SALT	10	10	10	10
OIL	10	0	0	15
	1000	1000	1000	1000
TRACEMINERALS	1	1	1	1
VITAMIN PREMIX	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25
LYSINE	0.25	0	0	0
METHIONINE	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
TOXIN BINDER	1	1	1	1
LIVER TONIC	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
PHYTASE	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1

VACCINATION ADAPTED

PPR – 60DAYS

ENTEROTOXEMIA – 67DAYS

SHEEP POX – 74DAYS

BLUE TONGUE -81DAYS

FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE – 88DAYS

HAEMORAGIC SEPTICEMIA (H.S) – 85DAYS

ANTHRAX – 92 DAYS

Adult animals – all vaccines once an year.