Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5232
Title: Genetics of lamb survival: preliminary studies of the Information Nucleus Flock
Contributor(s): Brien, FD (author); Hebart, ML (author); Geenty, Kennett  (author); Van Der Werf, Julius H  (author)orcid ; Hocking Edwards, JE (author); Greef, JC (author); Hart, KW (author); Refshauge, G (author); Gaunt, G (author); Behrend, R (author); Thomson, Kirsty (author); Hinch, Geoffrey  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2009
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5232
Abstract: Poor lamb survival is recognised in Australia as a major contributor to reproductive inefficiency in the national flock. This paper provides preliminary estimates of phenotypic and genetic parameters on lamb survival and related traits for the 2007 and 2008 data from the CRC for Sheep Industry Innovation’s Information Nucleus. The paper focuses on the potential utility of measurements on related traits for achieving genetic improvement in lamb survival. Although timed lamb behaviour traits show consistently high genetic correlations with lamb survival to 3 days of age, no obvious candidates have yet been identified for commercial use as indicator traits to genetically improve lamb survival.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: AAABG 2009: 18th Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Barossa Valley, Australia, 27th September - 1st October, 2009
Source of Publication: Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, v.18, p. 108-111
Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG)
Place of Publication: Armidale, Australia
ISSN: 1328-3227
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 070206 Animal Reproduction
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 830310 Sheep - Meat
830311 Sheep - Wool
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36420775
http://www.aaabg.org/proceedings18/files/brien108.pdf
http://aaabg.org/aaabg18/
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