Phenotypic and genetic evaluation of fitness characteristics in sheep under a range environment
The objectives of this dissertation were to evaluate genetic and environmental relationships between lamb and ewe traits including body weight, fleece weight and quality, prolificacy, body condition, ewe stayability and lamb survival. Average heritability estimates for lamb birth weight (BWT), wean...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27383 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04272007-102808/ |