Lifetime meat production from six different F1 crossbred ewes

Author: J.C. Greeff, C.Z. Roux and G.A. Wyma
Year: 1990
Issue: 2
Volume: 20
Page: 71 - 77

The efficiency of meat production with regard to kilogram of lamb weaned per kilogram metabolic mass of ewes at mating of six different Fl crossbred populations, viz. Finnish Landrace x Merino (FL x M), Border Leicester x Merino (BL x M), Bleu de Maine x Merino (BdM x M), Texel x Merino (T x M), Cheviot x Merino (C x M) and Merino Landsheep x Merino (ML x M), with their flock structures in equilibrium, were evaluated with each other over their lifetime. The FL x M was the most efficient cross followed by the T x M, BL x M, C x M, BdM x M and ML x M. Results indicate that size and other individual components of productivity are not reliable indicators of total production or efficiency of production.

 

Keywords: : Growth, crossbreeding, Reproduction, sheep, survival, total production
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