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A note on the relations between scrotal wool cover, face cover, and cover on points in Merino rams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

Ashok K. Rathore
Ashok K. Rathore
Affiliation:
Livestock Husbandry Department, University of New England, Annidale, N.S.W., Australia
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Summary

In Merino rams studied over three seasons in New South Wales scrotal cover was correlated with face cover (0·29) and cover on points (0·16). Scrotal length was positively correlated with scrotal wool cover (0·17) and cover on points (0·28).

Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Production , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , February 1971 , pp. 197 - 199
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1971

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