Article
Genetic correlations between wool traits and carcass traits in Merino sheep.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jun 2017
Mortimer S I, Hatcher S, Fogarty N M, van der Werf J H J, Brown D J, Swan A A, Jacob R H, Geesink G H, Hopkins D L, Edwards J E Hocking, Ponnampalam E N, Pearce K L, Pethick D W
Abstract excerpt
Genetic correlations between 29 wool production and quality traits and 14 whole carcass measures and carcass component traits were estimated from the Information Nucleus of 8 flocks managed across a range of Australian sheep production environments and genetically linked. Wool data were from over 5,000 Merino progeny born over 5 yr, whereas carcass data were from over 1,200 wether progeny of over 176 sires,...
Topics
- Animals
- Australia
- Body Weight
- Breeding
- Color
- Female
- Genotype
- Male
- Phenotype
- Red Meat
- Sheep
- Wool