A progress report on the estimation of phenotypic and genetic parameters for South Australian Merino sheep in the Turretfield Resource Flock

The effectiveness of genetic improvement programs relies to a large extent on the availability of accurate phenotypic and genetic parameter estimates for the sheep attributes of interest. A large-scale experiment is described which was primarily designed with the aim of estimating phenotypic and gen...

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Published inWool Technology and Sheep Breeding (Australia) Vol. 40; no. 4
Main Authors Gifford, D.R, Ponzoni, R.W, Walkley, J.R.W, Ancell, P.M.C. (South Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Adelaide), Hynd, P.I. (Waite Agricultural Research Inst., Glen Osmond (Australia). Dept. of Animal Sciences)
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LanguageEnglish
Published 01.12.1992
Subjects
AUSTRALIA MERIDIONAL
AUSTRALIE MERIDIONALE
FENOTIPOS
METHODE D'AMELIORATION
METODOS DE MEJORAMIENTO
OVIN
OVINOS
PARAMETRE GENETIQUE
PARAMETROS GENETICOS
PHENOTYPE
RACE
RAZAS
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Summary:The effectiveness of genetic improvement programs relies to a large extent on the availability of accurate phenotypic and genetic parameter estimates for the sheep attributes of interest. A large-scale experiment is described which was primarily designed with the aim of estimating phenotypic and genetic parameters for a broad range of characters in South Australian Merino sheep, highlighting the recording of those that are indicative of fibre diameter distribution
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