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Zootechnical and genetic aspects of a prolific merino program.
Acta veterinaria Hungarica - 1 Jan 1999
Magyar K, Veress L, Tasi Z, Pécsi T, Babik S, Horváth I
Abstract excerpt
In a Prolific Merino nucleus herd of 200 ewes the ovulation rate (OR) test results obtained in 169 animals between 1988 and 1993 were compared with those of 113 ewes from the same herd in 1996. Whereas earlier the ratio of individuals showing an OR > or = 4 was only 32%, that of the group checked in 1996 was 59%. This increase could be attributed to 40 ewes, both of whose parents had proven to be homozygous...
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