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Ewe Fertility in the STAR Accelerated Lambing System

Abstract

Figure 2. Relationship of fertility to year and season of mating

Figure 3. Relationship of litter size to year and season of mating

Figure 4. Relationship of fertility to lambing number (numer of times a ewe has lambed)

Figure 6. Relationship of fertility to mating season

Conclusions

Comment

Ewe Fertility in the STAR Accelerated Lambing System

R. M. Lewis and D. R. Notter

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

D. E. Hogue and B. H. Magee

Cornell University

Journal of Animal Science (1996) 74:1511-1522

Comment: Data for this paper were collected more a decade ago. Intensive selection has continued for aseasonal lambing in the Cornell flock during that time. Hopefully, a new analysis will be completed soon to determine whether selection has improved the genetic ability of Cornell Dorsets to lamb out of season.

MLT
3 August 2003

 

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