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Effect of the proportion of Texel or Rouge de l'Ouest genes in lowland ewes on prolificacy, lamb viability and weaned lamb output

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

L.O.W. McClinton  and
A.F. Carson
L.O.W. McClinton
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, Northern Ireland
A.F. Carson
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, Northern Ireland
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The UK sheep industry needs more information on the effect of ewe breed genotype on lamb output. Ewe genotype has been shown to affect prolificacy, dystocia, lamb viability, lamb growth rates and lamb carcass quality (Johnston, 1995). The aim of this experiment was to determine the effects of the proportion of Texel (T) or Rouge de l'Ouest (R) genes on lowland ewe productivity.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1997 , 1997 , pp. 178
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1997

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Johnston, S.D., Steen, R.W.J., Chestnutt, D.M.B. and Kilpatrick, D.J. (1996). A comparison of Suffolk and Texel terminal sire breeds and Greyface, Suffolk-Cheviot and Texel ewe breeds in terms of prolificacy and lamb growth rates. (Submitted to Animal Science).Google Scholar