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Food-intake level in some Romney Marsh ewes and follicle-group development in their progeny

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

A. B. Wildman
A. B. Wildman
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Wool Industries Research Association
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1. An experiment was carried out in which twelve Romney Marsh ewes were separated into two groups, one kept on a high plane of food intake and one on a low plane during pregnancy and lactation. Skin and wool samples were taken from the progeny at birth and weaning; the ratio Sf/Pf was determined for these ages as well as the proportion of follicles of various kinds and in different phases of activity. The results are compared with those of Ryder from an earlier experiment with Cheviots.

2. Differences in food intake of ewes of the order described affected live weight at weaning, but did not significantly affect the differentiation and development of secondary follicles in the foetus nor their number at weaning.

3. Lambs in the low-plane group shed secondary fibres at 12 months old much more than those which had been in the high-plane group.

4. A partial association of variation in birth Sf/Pf with variation in birth weight was demonstrated, but more than half the variation in this ratio is not accounted for in this way, and the same applies to the variation in birth S/P of the Cheviots in Ryder's earlier experiment. It is suggested that variations in foetal environment and in the early post-natal period affect the rate at which the secondary follicle population in a lamb develops towards its mature genetic maximum.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , December 1958 , pp. 307 - 316
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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