Current study wascarried out in a commercial farm from Sibiu county. In autumn 2010, two groupof Turcana breed ewes were established, first group was mated with Suffolkrams, while the second group was mated with Turcana rams. During the lambingseason which occurred in February 2011, two experimental groups of lambs wereestablished, made up of one of the two genotypes each, F1 Suffolk xTurcana and Turcana purebreds, both male and female lambs, respectively. Lambswere allowed to suckle maternal

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... lk from birth until weaning (90 days of age).Body weight of the lambs was evaluated at 30, 60 and 90 days of age. Bodyweight of the Suffolk x Turcana crossbreds from both sexes was significantlyhigher (p≤0.001) at all four stages of the evaluation (birth, 30, 60 and 90days of age), compared with Turcana lambs. Differences in body weight betweenthe two genotypes increased with age, and at the age of 90 days reached 6.33 kgin male lambs and 7.47 kg in females. Results have shown that Suffolk x Turcanacrossbred lambs weaned at the age of 90 days register heavier weights of 25.52kg in males and 23.87 kg in females, compared with purebred Turcana lambs,which register average weights of 18.58 kg in males and 16.69 kg in females.