The objectives of this work were to examine the usefulness of measuring ovulation rate (OR) in order to improve genetic progress of litter size (LS) in sheep and to study different selection criteria combining OR and prenatal survival (ES) performance. Responses to selection for 5 generations within a population of 20 male and 600 female parents were compared using Monte-Carlo simulation techniques with 50 replicates per selection method. Two breeds with low (Merino) and medium (Lacaune) prolificacy were considered. Records were generated according to a bivariate threshold model for OR and ES. Heritabilities of OR and ES in the underlying scale were assumed constant over breeds and equal to 0.35 and 0.11, respectively, with a genetic ...
Abstract Classical selection for increasing prolificacy in sheep leads to a concomitant increase in ...
Bayesian analyses were used to estimate genetic parameters on 5580 records of litter size in the fir...
ABSTRACT: In developed countries, selection indices is usually used lid the genetic improvement of ...
The variance and covariance components needed to estimate heritabilities of and genetic correlations...
The litter size in Suffolk and Texel-sheep was analysed using REML and Bayesian methods. Litters bor...
Abstract The litter size in Suffolk and Texel-sheep was analysed using REML and Bayesian methods. Li...
An increase in mean prolificacy is a goal for many sheep production systems, but it is also desirabl...
Aim of study: To assess selection methods via introgression to improve litter size in native and syn...
The litter size in Suffolk and Texel-sheep was analysed using REML and Bayesian methods. Litters bo...
Egg transfer experiments have consistently failed to find differences among sheep breeds in their ab...
International audienceWeight of lambs produced per ewe is an important economic-related trait for Fr...
The measurement of component variables such as the number of ova shed (OR) and its inclusion in a l...
The measurement of component variables such as the number of ova shed (OR) and its inclusion in a l...
The genetic parameters for maternal rearing-ability of ewes were investigated by ignoring or definin...
Genetic parameters for litter size after natural and hormone-induced oestrus were estimated for Ovin...
Abstract Classical selection for increasing prolificacy in sheep leads to a concomitant increase in ...
Bayesian analyses were used to estimate genetic parameters on 5580 records of litter size in the fir...
ABSTRACT: In developed countries, selection indices is usually used lid the genetic improvement of ...
The variance and covariance components needed to estimate heritabilities of and genetic correlations...
The litter size in Suffolk and Texel-sheep was analysed using REML and Bayesian methods. Litters bor...
Abstract The litter size in Suffolk and Texel-sheep was analysed using REML and Bayesian methods. Li...
An increase in mean prolificacy is a goal for many sheep production systems, but it is also desirabl...
Aim of study: To assess selection methods via introgression to improve litter size in native and syn...
The litter size in Suffolk and Texel-sheep was analysed using REML and Bayesian methods. Litters bo...
Egg transfer experiments have consistently failed to find differences among sheep breeds in their ab...
International audienceWeight of lambs produced per ewe is an important economic-related trait for Fr...
The measurement of component variables such as the number of ova shed (OR) and its inclusion in a l...
The measurement of component variables such as the number of ova shed (OR) and its inclusion in a l...
The genetic parameters for maternal rearing-ability of ewes were investigated by ignoring or definin...
Genetic parameters for litter size after natural and hormone-induced oestrus were estimated for Ovin...
Abstract Classical selection for increasing prolificacy in sheep leads to a concomitant increase in ...
Bayesian analyses were used to estimate genetic parameters on 5580 records of litter size in the fir...
ABSTRACT: In developed countries, selection indices is usually used lid the genetic improvement of ...