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Higher weaning weight improves postweaning growth and survival in young Merino sheep
S. Hatcher A E , J. Eppleston B , R. P. Graham C , J. McDonald D , S. Schlunke D , B. Watt B and K. J. Thornberry A
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A NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange Agricultural Institute, Forest Road, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia.
B Central Tablelands Rural Lands Protection Board, PO Box 20, Bathurst, NSW 2795, Australia.
C NSW Department of Primary Industries, PO Box 20, Yass, NSW 2582, Australia.
D Yass Rural Lands Protection Board, PO Box 10, Yass, NSW 2582, Australia.
E Corresponding author. Email: sue.hatcher@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 48(7) 966-973 https://doi.org/10.1071/EA07407
Submitted: 10 December 2007 Accepted: 13 March 2008 Published: 20 June 2008
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