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dc.contributor.authorPrior, Julian Chisholmen
dc.contributor.authorGhalsasi, P Men
dc.contributor.authorWalkden-Brown, Steve Williamen
dc.contributor.authorChavan, K Men
dc.contributor.authorKulkarni, S Ren
dc.contributor.authorNimbkar, Chandaen
local.source.editorEditor(s): S W Walkden-Brown, JHJ van der Werf, C Nimbkar and VS Guptaen
dc.date.accessioned2010-01-11T09:31:00Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.citationUse of the FecB (Booroola) gene in sheep-breeding programs: Proceedings of the Helen Newton Turner Memorial International Workshop held in Pune, Maharashtra, India, 10-12 November 2008, p. 199-211en
dc.identifier.isbn9781921615566en
dc.identifier.isbn9781921615559en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4047-
dc.description.abstractDeccani sheep are reared on the Deccan plateau of India by smallholder sheep owners whose main source of income is lamb production. Deccani ewes usually give birth to only one lamb. The 'FecB' mutation, which increases prolificacy, was introduced into the Deccani breed from the Garole breed of West Bengal by the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), to increase lamb production and incomes of sheep owners. In 2002 NARI began to disseminate 'FecB'-carrier rams and ewes into 26 local sheep owners' flocks to enable field testing of 'FecB'-carrier progeny born in those flocks. In order to assess their opinions of the 'FecB' rams and ewes and the resulting twin lambs, surveys were conducted with 23 of the participating sheep owners. They were asked to assess the perceived advantages, disadvantages and risks associated with twin lambs, to outline their management responses to twin lambs, and to describe their preferred ram phenotype. In general, the sheep owners' responses to twin lambs were positive. Twin lambs were viewed as more profitable than single lambs, with the main disadvantage cited as the need to undertake supplementary feeding and management to ensure adequate growth rates and survival of twin lambs. Recommendations made as a result of the survey include the need for further financial analysis of cost-effective supplementary feeding and management of twin lamb flocks; the development of phenotypes for 'FecB'-carrier rams that are more acceptable to local sheep owners; and the need for an education and extension program to support sheep owners in their adaptation of the new technology.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherAustralian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)en
dc.relation.ispartofUse of the FecB (Booroola) gene in sheep-breeding programs: Proceedings of the Helen Newton Turner Memorial International Workshop held in Pune, Maharashtra, India, 10-12 November 2008en
dc.titleSmallholder sheep owners' views on the value and management of Deccani crossbred 'FecB'-carrier ewes with a higher twinning percentage: implications for a future introgression extension programen
dc.typeConference Publicationen
dc.relation.conferenceHelen Newton Turner Memorial International Workshopen
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Breedingen
local.contributor.firstnameJulian Chisholmen
local.contributor.firstnameP Men
local.contributor.firstnameSteve Williamen
local.contributor.firstnameK Men
local.contributor.firstnameS Ren
local.contributor.firstnameChandaen
local.subject.for2008070201 Animal Breedingen
local.subject.seo2008830310 Sheep - Meaten
local.profile.schoolOffice of Faculty of Science, Ag, Business and Lawen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emailjprior2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailswalkden@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordpes:6546en
local.date.conference10th - 12th November, 2008en
local.conference.placePune, Indiaen
local.publisher.placeCanberra, Australiaen
local.format.startpage199en
local.format.endpage211en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.title.subtitleimplications for a future introgression extension programen
local.contributor.lastnamePrioren
local.contributor.lastnameGhalsasien
local.contributor.lastnameWalkden-Brownen
local.contributor.lastnameChavanen
local.contributor.lastnameKulkarnien
local.contributor.lastnameNimbkaren
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dc.identifier.staffune-id:cnimbka2en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:4146en
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local.title.maintitleSmallholder sheep owners' views on the value and management of Deccani crossbred 'FecB'-carrier ewes with a higher twinning percentageen
local.output.categorydescriptionE1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publicationen
local.relation.urlhttp://www.aciar.gov.au/publication/PR133en
local.conference.detailsHelen Newton Turner Memorial International Workshop, Pune, India, 10th - 12th November, 2008en
local.search.authorPrior, Julian Chisholmen
local.search.authorGhalsasi, P Men
local.search.authorWalkden-Brown, Steve Williamen
local.search.authorChavan, K Men
local.search.authorKulkarni, S Ren
local.search.authorNimbkar, Chandaen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2009en
local.date.start2008-11-10-
local.date.end2008-11-12-
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