Comparison between the reproductive performance of ewe hoggets and mature ewes following a progesterone-based oestrus synchronization protocol

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 288-296

  Mulvaney, F J ^a   Morris, S T ^a   Kenyon, P R ^a   Morel, P C H ^a   West, D M ^a   Vinoles C ^b   Glover, K M M ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent ewe; Ewe lamb; Hoggets; Multiparous ewe; Pregnancy; Primiparous ewe; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SHEEP;

EID: 84890547462     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2013.842176     Document Type: Article

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