Article
Responses to various selection protocols for lamb production in Rambouillet, Targhee, Columbia, and Polypay sheep.
Journal of animal science - 1 May 1998
Ercanbrack S K, Knight A D
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the effectiveness of four selection protocols for improving reproduction in sheep, we evaluated nine selection lines and two random-bred control lines for lamb and wool production. Results were based on 25,026 dam and 30,628 lamb records from Rambouillet (R), Targhee (T), Columbia...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Breeding
- Female
- Fertility
- Lactation
- Least-Squares Analysis
- Linear Models
- Litter Size
- Male
- Phenotype
- Reproduction
- Selection, Genetic
- Sheep
- Weaning
- Wool