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Genetic parameters and trends for birth weight, birth coat score and weaning weight in Merino lines divergently selected for ewe

  • 2003
  • Issue: 4
  • Volume: 33
S.W.P. Cloete, J.J. Olivier, J.B. van Wyk, G.J. Erasmus and S.J. Schoeman Page: 248 - 256

Data were recorded for birth weight, birth coat score and weaning weight of between 2018 and 4235 Merino lambs born over a 17-year interval from 1986 to 2002. The resource population was divergently selected from the same base population since…

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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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