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A novel measure of ewe efficiency for breeding and benchmarking purposes.

Journal of animal science - 4 Jun 2018

McHugh Nóirín, Pabiou Thierry, McDermott Kevin, Wall Eamon, Berry Donagh P

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Ewe efficiency has traditionally been defined as the ratio of litter weight to ewe weight; given the statistical properties of ratio traits, an alternative strategy is proposed in the present study. The concept of using the deviation in performance of an animal from the population norm has grown in popularity as a measure of animal-level efficiency. The objective of the present study was to define novel measures...

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PMID: 29684177
DOI: 10.1093/jas/sky143
PMCID: PMC6095374

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