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Genetic relationships between growth and food intake in performance tested ram lambs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

N.D. Cameron
N.D. Cameron*
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research, Edinburgh Research Station, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JQ
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Efficient lean growth may, in future, be the main selection objective in terminal sire breeds of sheep. The genetic relationships between growth rate, food intake and food conversion ratio need to be quantified, so that calculation of selection indices for growth rate and carcass lean content can take account of correlated changes in food intake.

Type
Sheep Production and Nutrition
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1988 , March 1988 , pp. 31
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1988

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