Article
Performance of Polypay, Coopworth, and crossbred ewes: I. Reproduction and lamb production.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jan 1992
Nawaz M, Meyer H H
Abstract excerpt
Six ewe genotypes, generated by mating Coopworth (C), Polypay (P), and Suffolk (S) rams to Polypay and Coopworth-type (Ct) ewes, were exposed to Hampshire rams for spring lambing from 1986 through 1990. Data from 1,092 exposures and 1,044 resultant lambings were used to analyze reproductive trait...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Animals
- Birth Weight
- Body Weight
- Breeding
- Crosses, Genetic
- Female
- Fertilization
- Genotype
- Labor, Obstetric
- Litter Size
- Pregnancy
- Reproduction
