QUANTITATIVE GENETIC STUDIES OF SOME ECONOMIC TRAITS IN PATANWADI AND ITS CROSSES WITH RAMBOUILLET AND RUSSIAN MERINO
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1987
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AAU, Anand
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The present study was under taken with the major objective of evaluating Patanwadi and its crosses with Rambouillet and Russian Merino, as regards the growth traits viz. birth weight, weaning weight, pre-weaning average daily gain, six monthly weight, yearling weight and post-weaning average daily gain, wool traits viz. greasy fleece yield at first, second and third six monthly intervals, fibre diameter, medullation and staple length and reproduction traits viz. age and weight at first oestrus, conception and lambing. The data on 1846 animals belonging to Patanwadi, Rambouillet X Patanwadi and Merino X Patanwadi crosses (F1 's', F2 's' and 3/4 breds) maintained at All India Coordinated Research Project on Sheep Breeding (Fine wool), Sardar Krushinagar from 1979 to 1984 were used.
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ANIMAL GENETICS AND BREEDING, A STUDY