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A note comparing lambs from three crossing-ram breeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

N. D. Cameron  and
F. K. Deeble
N. D. Cameron
Affiliation:
ARC Animal Breeding Research Organisation, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JQ
F. K. Deeble
Affiliation:
Agricultural Development and Advisory Service, Coley Park, Reading RG1 6DT
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Abstract

Sixty-nine rams of three crossing-ram breeds were mated on 11 farms over 3 years to produce crossbred ewes for a large field trial. Scottish Blackface and Welsh Mountain ewes mated to Bluefaced Leicester rams had larger litters at weaning than those mated to Border Leicester and the Animal Breeding Research Organisation's Damline rams. The crossbred Bluefaced Leicester lambs were heavier than the other crossbred lambs at both birth and weaning.

Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Production , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , October 1983 , pp. 301 - 303
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1983

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