Add to ORKGYouatt (1776-1847 a) in commenting on British breeds of sheep, writes:- "In all the different districts of the Kingdom we find various breeds of sheep beautifully adapted to the locality which they occupy. No one knows their origin; they are indigenous to the soil, climate and pasturage, the locality on which they graze; they seem to have been formed for it and by it." Some present day students of animal husbandry are now examining the characteristics of these various breeds in the light of the particular environment in which each originated. Their object is to discover what characteristics can fairly be ascribed to particular sets of conditions, or in other words, what possible functional adaptations to environment can be revealed by study...
Present animal breeding methods were devised empirically. many of them having their beginnings far i...
The feral population of primitive Soay sheep on the remote island of St Kilda, located west of the O...
<div><p>There is considerable interest in locally adapted breeds of livestock as reservoirs of genet...
Three traits of dual purpose sheep such as the New Zealand Romney are of paramount importance in con...
The productivity of an animal depends on two factors, its potentiality, which is governed by its her...
There are now some 57 million sheep and 9 million cattle in New Zealand (N.Z. Meat and Wool Bds Econ...
The economy of New Zealand is dependent largely on the export of products of the livestock industry....
Early in the 1920's, Fisher, Wright and Haldane provided the theoretical basis for studies in quanti...
The UK can be proud of the fact that numerous native breeds of sheep have been developed here that p...
Sheep farming has been an important sector of the UK’s economy and rural life for many centuries. It...
On 15 February 1882, the first frozen meat was exported from New Zealand. A decade later saw the evo...
Romney and Cheviot Threequarter bred 6 year old ewes, all with twin lambs, were found to produce sim...
The objectives of the investigation were to examine the natural breeding and productivity of ewe hog...
This thesis investigates ewe and lamb behaviour, genetics and environmental effects to determine whe...
Selection responses and genetic parameters were estimated on wool, body and reproductive traits in a...
Present animal breeding methods were devised empirically. many of them having their beginnings far i...
The feral population of primitive Soay sheep on the remote island of St Kilda, located west of the O...
<div><p>There is considerable interest in locally adapted breeds of livestock as reservoirs of genet...
Three traits of dual purpose sheep such as the New Zealand Romney are of paramount importance in con...
The productivity of an animal depends on two factors, its potentiality, which is governed by its her...
There are now some 57 million sheep and 9 million cattle in New Zealand (N.Z. Meat and Wool Bds Econ...
The economy of New Zealand is dependent largely on the export of products of the livestock industry....
Early in the 1920's, Fisher, Wright and Haldane provided the theoretical basis for studies in quanti...
The UK can be proud of the fact that numerous native breeds of sheep have been developed here that p...
Sheep farming has been an important sector of the UK’s economy and rural life for many centuries. It...
On 15 February 1882, the first frozen meat was exported from New Zealand. A decade later saw the evo...
Romney and Cheviot Threequarter bred 6 year old ewes, all with twin lambs, were found to produce sim...
The objectives of the investigation were to examine the natural breeding and productivity of ewe hog...
This thesis investigates ewe and lamb behaviour, genetics and environmental effects to determine whe...
Selection responses and genetic parameters were estimated on wool, body and reproductive traits in a...
Present animal breeding methods were devised empirically. many of them having their beginnings far i...
The feral population of primitive Soay sheep on the remote island of St Kilda, located west of the O...
<div><p>There is considerable interest in locally adapted breeds of livestock as reservoirs of genet...