Heritabilities, genetic and phenotypic correlations between carcass and live animal traits in sheep

Menzies, C.S.; Ahlschwede, G.; Wheat, J.D.; Mackintosh, D.L.; Kropf, Donald H.

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Heritabilities, genetic and phenotypic correlations between carcass and live animal traits in sheep

Menzies, C.S.; Ahlschwede, G.; Wheat, J.D.; Mackintosh, D.L.; Kropf, Donald H.

Data was collected on 91 lambs of known breeding born during the fall, 1963. The lambs were from ewes in the original fine-wool flock and were sired by 10 performance-tested Hampshire rams. This was the ewes fifth lamb crop.

Keywords: Sheep; Carcass characteristics; Performance; Gain

Conference: 52nd Annual Livestock Feeders’ Day, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, May 1, 1965
Starting Page: 18, Ending Page: 20
Publisher: Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station

Date: 1965

Conference paper

Record URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8479

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