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Relative performance and efficiency of five Merino and Merino-type dam lines in a terminal crossbreeding system with Dormer or S

  • 2004
  • Issue: 3
  • Volume: 34
S.W.P. Cloete, J.J.E. Cloete, M.J. Herselman and L.C. Hoffman Page: 135 - 143

The production performance of ewes was assessed in a terminal crossbreeding experiment involving five Merino and Merino-type dam lines and two terminal crossbreeding sire breeds. Dam lines were SA Mutton Merino (SAMM), SAMM rams crossed to Merino ewes (SAMM cross),…

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Age trends in economically important traits of Merino ewes subjected to 10 years of divergent selection for multiple rearing abi

  • 2003
  • Issue: 1
  • Volume: 33
S.W.P. Cloete, A.R. Gilmour, J.J. Olivier and J.B. van Wyk Page: 43 - 51

Data were recorded for annual reproduction, wool traits and pre-joining live weight of between 992 (for staple strength) to approximately 1200 production records of Merino ewes over the period from 1997 to 2002. The resource population has been divergently selected…

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