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The effect of lambing performance on the face cover of ewes

RB Dun, BH Clinton, TH Crofts, JOC Furner, AC Godlee, HP Hall, ES May, ID Pye and MJ Tucker

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 4(12) 86 - 89
Published: 1964

Abstract

Face cover was scored on 1979 maiden ewes mated on seven commercial properties in New South Wales. Results from four muffled flocks (full range of face cover scores) showed a small regression of percentage ewes wet on face cover scored prior to mating (b = -2.9, P<0.01). There was no relationship between these measurements in three open faced flocks (no ewes with face cover above score 4). A second score for face cover, given when the ewes had lambs at foot, was very strongly related to percentage wet ewes (b = -7.5, P<0.001, for muffled flocks and b = -6.3, P<0.01, for open faced flocks). The importance of time of scoring in determining the strength of the relation between reproductive performance and face cover, was caused by wet ewes dropping 0.6 grades in average face cover score between mating and marking. Dry ewes maintained their level of face cover.

https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9640086

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