Phenotypic aspects of lamb survival in Australian Merino sheep.

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Lamb survival in Australian Merino sheep was investigated using survival records from 14,142 lambs born between 1975 and 1983. This data set included roll calls of live lambs at birth, 7 d, marking (30 d), and weaning (110 d), which allowed 4 binomial traits (alive or dead) to be recorded for each lamb at each time interval. The average survival to weaning was 72.4% with 23% of singles, 32% of twins, and 45% of...

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