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Effects of crossbred ewe genotype and ram genotype on lamb meat quality from the lowland sheep flock

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

L.E.R. Dawson ,
A.F. Carson  and
B.W. Moss
L.E.R. Dawson
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down, BT26 6DR
A.F. Carson
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down, BT26 6DR Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland and Queen’s University of Belfast
B.W. Moss
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland and Queen’s University of Belfast
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Ewe and ram genotype have been shown to have a significant effect on carcass quality. For example, Dawson and Carson (2001) demonstrated that lambs from Bluefaced Leicester X Blackface ewes were of poorer conformation than lambs from the Texel X Blackface, Suffolk X Cheviot or Texel Cheviot ewes while high lean growth index sired lambs had an improved conformation compared with lambs sired by non-recorded rams. Recent work has shown that genotype can have significant effects on the meat quality of lambs from hill sheep systems (Carson et al. 2001). Therefore the aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of ewe and ram genotype from the lowland sector on meat quality.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2002 , 2002 , pp. 52
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2002

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Dawson, L.E.R. and Carson, A.F. (2001). The effect of ewe and ram genotype on lamb output and carcass quality Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, York, pp. 225 Google Scholar
Carson, A.F., Moss, B.W., Dawson, L.E.R. and Kilpatrick, D.J. (2001). Effects of genotype and dietary forage to concentrate ratio during the finishing period on carcass characteristics and meat quality of lambs from hill sheep systems. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 137: 205 – 220 Google Scholar