Responses to Various Selection Protocols for Lamb Production in Rambouillet, Targhee, Columbia, and Polypay Sheep

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1311-1325

  Ercanbrack, S K ^a,b,c   Knight, A D ^a,c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Univ of Idaho ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlated Responses; Lamb Production; Reproductive Efficiency; Selection; Sheep; Wool

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEANING; WOOL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHEEP; WEANING; WOOL;

EID: 0032065235     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7651311x     Document Type: Article

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