Wool shedding and lamb fleece weights: first-cross and backcross Wiltshire–Romney sheep scored at lamb, hogget and two-tooth ages

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Wool shedding and lamb fleece weights: first-cross and backcross Wiltshire–Romney sheep scored at lamb, hogget and two-tooth ages

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With decreasing wool values, interest is increasing regarding shedding sheep. To investigate this, two long-term studies introducing Wiltshire genes into Romney flocks were initiated. Data from these two studies provide phenotypic relationships between a range of shedding scores at different ages. The data included shedding scores (on a 0–5 scale) repeated on lambs (∼5 months), hoggets (∼14–18 months) and two-tooths (∼27 months), and lamb fleece weights. Positive relationships between sheddin...

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2024-05-03

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Sneddon NW / Handcock RC / Corner-Thomas RA / Kenyon PR / Burnham DL / Garrick DJ / Littlejohn MD / Blair HT / Morris ST

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/71486

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Wiltshire / Romney / shedding / lamb fleece weight / selection

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