Effect of shearing ewes during the mating period on the subsequent lambing pattern
Welch, R.A.S.
New Zealand, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries: Agricultural research in the New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Annual report of Research Division 1977-78: 53-54
1979
Accession: 000643678
Rams were introduced to 439 ewes 14 days after the withdrawal of progestogen-impregnated intravaginal sponges. Ten days later, half the ewes in each single-sire ram group were shorn.
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