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On increasing wool weight through breeding LK-type sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

G. C. Taneja
G. C. Taneja
Affiliation:
Division of Animal Studies, Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), India
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Summary

The wool weight/m2 of LK progeny arising out of LK × LK matings (approximately a quarter were HK and were excluded) and HK progeny arising out of HK × HK matings (all were HK) of two coarse-wool producing breeds of sheep, Marwari and Magra, were compared with the mid-parent values. LK progenies produced significantly more than the mid-parent value in both the breeds, but there was no increase in HK progeny. The difference in wool weight between the HK progeny and their mid-parent value tended to be less for Marwari whereas it was much less for Magra breed.

The results suggest that improvement in wool weight of sheep can be made by maintaining LK stock and mating LK × LK, culling the HK arising out of these matings in each generation.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 83 , Issue 1 , August 1974 , pp. 113 - 116
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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