Sheep Breeding

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STUDIES IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCES, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Page v
1 - THE SHEEP AND WOOL INDUSTRY OF AUSTRALIA—A BRIEF OVERVIEW, Pages 1-12, V.R. SQUIRES
2 - AUSTRALIAN SHEEP BREEDING PROGRAMMES — AIMS, ACHIEVEMENTS AND THE FUTURE, Pages 13-25, K.A. FERGUSON
3 - SHEEP BREEDING IN FRANCE, Pages 27-33, P. MAULEON
4 - NATIONAL SHEEP BREEDING PROGRAMMES NEW ZEALAND, Pages 35-41, A.L. RAE
5 - SHEEP BREEDING PROGRAMMES IN SOUTH AFRICA, Pages 43-48, G.J. ERASMUS
6 - SHEEP IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA, Pages 49-54, I.D. SMITH
7 - SHEEP BREEDING IN THE U.S.A., Pages 55-65, W.J. BOYLAN
8 - NATIONAL SHEEP BREEDING PROGRAMMES — GREAT BRITAIN, Pages 67-76, J.W.B. KING
9 - SHEEP BREEDING IN URUGUAY, Pages 77-84, R.C. CARDELLINO
10 - THE SHEEP INDUSTRY AND SHEEP BREEDING IN RUSSIA, Pages 85-90, N.A. JHELTOBRUCH
11 - METHODS OF IMPROVING PRODUCTION IN CHARACTERS OF IMPORTANCE, Pages 93-111, HELEN NEWTON TURNER
12 - RESPONSE TO SELECTION FOR INCREASED FLEECE WEIGHT IN MERINO SHEEP, Pages 113-117, B.J. McGUIRK, K.D. ATKINS
13 - SELECTION OF MERINO RAMS FOR EFFICIENCY OF WOOL PRODUCTION, Pages 119-122, G.J. TOMES, I.J. FAIRNIE, E.R. MARTIN, S.C. ROGERS
14 - SELECTION FOR INCREASED PROFITABILITY IN A FINE WOOL MERINO FLOCK, Pages 123-130, W.L. WEATHERLY
15 - THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON SHEEP BREEDING IN THE SEMI-ARID TROPICS, Pages 131-134, P.S. HOPKINS, M.S. PRATT, G.I. KNIGHTS
16 - HUSBANDRY AND GENETIC CONSIDERATIONS AFFECTING SHEEP BREEDING IN THE SEMI-ARID TROPICS, Pages 135-138, R.G.A. STEPHENSON, M. TIERNEY, P.S. HOPKINS
17 - THE INFLUENCE OF PARASITES ON SELECTION PARAMETERS IN SHEEP, Pages 139-145, I.L. JOHNSTONE, F.M. DARVILL, K.E. SMART
18 - GENETIC IMPROVEMENTS OF FERTILITY AND FLY RESISTANCE, Pages 147-151, K.D. ATKINS, B.J. McGUIRK
19 - PROBLEMS IN THE USE OF EXOTIC GENOTYPES, Pages 153-158, J.W.B. KING
20 - EXPLOITATION OF EXOTIC GENOTYPES, Pages 159-170, A.H. CARTER
21 - A CROSS-BREEDING EXPERIMENT WITH FINNISH LANDRACE, ILE DE FRANCE AND TEXEL. SOME PRELIMINARY RESULTS, Pages 171-180, A.H. VISSCHER
22 - THE NEED FOR DUAL-PURPOSE SHEEP, Pages 181-187, A.H. BISHOP, L.J. CUMMINS, J.K. EGAN, J.W. McLAUGHLIN
23 - DEVELOPMENT OF THE GROMARK — A NEW HIGH PERFORMANCE DUAL-PURPOSE SHEEP BREED, Pages 189-193, A.C. GODLEE
24 - GROWTH OF DISSECTIBLE FAT IN THE MERINO, Pages 195-202, G.H. WARREN
25 - THE THEORY BEHIND BREEDING SCHEMES, Pages 205-213, J.W. JAMES
26 - THE PROMOTION OF BREEDING SCHEMES AMONG STUD BREEDERS, Pages 215-220, B.C. JEFFRIES
27 - SOCIOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC, BUSINESS AND GENETIC ASPECTS OF SHEEP GROUP BREEDING SCHEMES, Pages 221-229, G.R. PEART
28 - ADVANTAGES OF GROUP BREEDING SCHEMES, Pages 231-234, A.G.H. PARKER
29 - THE AUSTRALIAN MERINO SOCIETY NUCLEUS BREEDING SCHEME, Pages 235-246, J.H. SHEPHERD
30 - STUD MERINO BREEDING, Pages 247-256, F.M. COOKE
31 - THE USE OF FLEECE MEASUREMENT IN SIRE SELECTION BY WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STUD BREEDERS, Pages 257-263, B.R. BEETSON
32 - FACTORS INFLUENCING THE EFFICIENCY WITH WHICH MERINO STUDS SELECT FOR INCREASED WOOL PRODUCTION, Pages 265-268, P.H. SAVAGE, B.J. McGUIRK
33 - THE COOLAH HIGH FERTILITY MERINO FLOCK — A CO-OPERATIVE GROUP BREEDING SCHEME, Pages 269-273, B. EVANS
34 - THE DEVELOPMENT OF CO-OPERATIVE BREEDING SCHEMES IN NEW ZEALAND, Pages 275-285, A.L. RAE
35 - PRODUCTIVE LEVELS OF SHEEP IN NEW ZEALAND AND PROGRAMMES AIMED AT IMPROVEMENT, Pages 287-299, T.D. QUINLIVAN
36 - LIMITATIONS TO FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY, Pages 303-313, C.H. van NIEKERK
37 - EMBRYO MORTALITY, Pages 315-325, T.N. EDEY
38 - EVIDENCE AND CONFIRMATION OF LATE EMBRYO LOSS IN A FLOCK OF MERINO EWES, Pages 327-333, R.N. TYRRELL, A.R. GLEESON, B.D. FERGUSON, W.J. O'HALLORAN, R.J. KILGOUR
39 - RETURNS TO SERVICE, EMBRYONIC MORTALITY AND LAMBING PERFORMANCE OF EWES WITH ONE AND TWO OVULATIONS, Pages 335-340, R.W. KELLY, A.J. ALLISON
40 - RAM AND EWE EFFECTS ON FERTILITY IN SHEEP BREEDS AND STRAINS DIFFERING IN REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL, Pages 341-349, S.K. STEPHENSON, G.W. ROTHWELL
41 - OVULATION AND LAMBING RESULTS WITH BOOROOLA AND BOOROOLA-CROSS MERINO EWES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Pages 351-355, D.E. ROBERTSON
42 - LUPIN STUBBLES AND EWE FERTILITY, Pages 357-361, T. MARSHALL, R.J. LIGHTFOOT, K.P. CROKER, J.G. ALLEN
43 - THE FERTILITY OF MERINO EWES GRAZED ON STANDING, UNHARVESTED SWEET LUPINS PRIOR TO AND DURING JOINING, Pages 363-366, K.P. CROKER, R.J. LIGHTFOOT, T. MARSHALL
44 - AGE OF EWE AND RESPONSE TO LUPINS: EFFECT OF LUPIN SUPPLEMENTATION ON OVULATION RATE, Pages 367-371, T. MARSHALL, K.P. CROKER, R.J. LIGHTFOOT
45 - CLOVER DISEASE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Pages 373-378, N.R. ADAMS
46 - GENETIC ASPECTS OF PUBERTY IN MERINO EWES, Pages 379-386, M.L. TIERNEY
47 - ASSESSMENT OF NEW AND TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES OF SELECTION FOR REPRODUCTION RATE, Pages 387-401, B.M. BINDON, L.R. PIPER
48 - SYNCHRONIZATION OF OVULATION, Pages 403-421, I.A. CUMMING
49 - CONTROLLED BREEDING OF SHEEP AND GOATS, Pages 423-437, T.J. ROBINSON
50 - MANIPULATION OF THE BREEDING CYCLE, Pages 439-449, P. MAULEON
51 - USE OF A PROSTAGLANDIN ANALOGUE (ICI 80996) FOR THE SYNCHRONIZATON OF OESTRUS AND LAMBING IN MERINO EWES, Pages 451-456, R.J. LIGHTFOOT, K.P. CROKER, T. MARSHALL
52 - CULTURE, STORAGE AND TRANSFER OF SHEEP EMBRYOS, Pages 457-461, N.W. MOORE
53 - OVARIAN STEROID SECRETION IN SHEEP DURING ANOESTRUS, Pages 463-470, R.J. SCARAMUZZI, D.T. BAIRD
54 - MATING BEHAVIOUR IN SHEEP, Pages 473-479, D.R. LINDSAY
55 - BEHAVIOURAL PRINCIPLES AS A FOUNDATION FOR SHEEP MANAGEMENT, Pages 481-485, V.R. SQUIRES
56 - SEXUAL ACTIVITY IN MERINO RAMS, Pages 487-493, I.C. FLETCHER
57 - SEMEN QUALITY AND QUANTITY IN THE RAM, Pages 495-504, M. COUROT
58 - SOME PROBLEMS OF EVALUATING SEMEN QUALITY, Pages 505-512, R.C. JONES, I.C.A. MARTIN
59 - FACTORS AFFECTING THE FERTILITY OF DILUTED RAM SEMEN, Pages 513-520, I.C.A. MARTIN, B.A. RICHARDSON
60 - STORAGE OF RAM SEMEN, Pages 521-532, G. COLAS, M. COUROT
61 - FERTILITY AFTER NON-SURGICAL INTRA-UTERINE INSEMINATION WITH FROZEN-PELLETED SEMEN IN EWES TREATED WITH PROSTAGLANDIN F2α, Pages 533-545, Y. FUKUI, E.M. ROBERTS
62 - STUDIES IN ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION OF SHEEP IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Pages 547-553, J.H. FIRTH
63 - ORGANIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL BREEDING PROGRAMMES OF SHEEP IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Pages 555-563, I.J. FAIRNIE
64 - ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION OF SHEEP IN THE SOVIET UNION, Pages 565-569, N.A. JHELTOBRUCH
65 - THE EFFECT OF FEEDING A HIGH PROTEIN SUPPLEMENT BEFORE JOINING ON TESTICULAR VOLUME OF RAMS, Pages 571-575, D.R. LINDSAY, P.B. GHERARDI, C.M. OLDHAM
INDEX, Pages 577-580