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Comparison of crossbred lamb performance from four breeds of sire mated to Welsh Mountain ewes in the hill environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

B M L McLean ,
O D Davies ,
D E Evans  and
B T Wolf
B M L McLean*
Affiliation:
ADAS Pwllpeiran, Cwmystwyth, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 4AB, UK
O D Davies
Affiliation:
ADAS Pwllpeiran, Cwmystwyth, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 4AB, UK
D E Evans
Affiliation:
ADAS Pwllpeiran, Cwmystwyth, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 4AB, UK
B T Wolf
Affiliation:
Institute of Rural Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Llanbadarn Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3AL, UK
*
Email: btw@aber.ac.uk
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In order to increase farm incomes, hill sheep farmers must improve the productivity and quality of their flocks. Recent changes to farm support schemes have focused attention on a number of options, including a change of ewe breed, genetic improvement of the flock, the use of crossbred ewes, or crossbred lamb production from native hill breeds. A switch to crossbred lamb production could lead to an immediate increase in the quality of production from hill ewes whilst maintaining a dam that is adapted to the hill environment. The aim of this work was to evaluate the performance of crossbred lambs from Welsh Mountain ewes.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2006 , March 2006 , pp. 38
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Copyright © The American Society of International Law 2016

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