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The wool growth response to the annual cycle of grazing intake in Cheviot wethers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. M. Doney  and
J. Eadie
J. M. Doney
Affiliation:
Hill Farming Eesearch Organization, 29 Lauder Road, Edinburgh 9
J. Eadie
Affiliation:
Hill Farming Eesearch Organization, 29 Lauder Road, Edinburgh 9
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Wool-growth rates were measured at monthly intervals on eight free-grazing Cheviot wethers. Nutrient intakes provided by the upland environment were measured at the same intervals during the 2½ years. Analysis of periodic regression disclosed that both intake and wool growth had similar seasonal cycles but were slightly out of phase. It was concluded that the similarity was largely due to the relationship of both characters with some independent seasonal variable. The seasonal cycle of efficiency of wool growth depends on the time relationship between its two components, but it was found that variation amongst sheep in wool production was greater in the summer months and this depended more on variation in overall efficiency than on variation in grazing intake.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , December 1967 , pp. 411 - 416
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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