I. REPRODUCTION AND LAMB PRODUCTION Relationships among hemoglobin (Hb) genotypes and reproduction and production traits were examined in 294 four- and five-year-old North Country Cheviot, Dorset, Finnsheep or Romney x Suffolk or Columbia-type crossbred ewes. Hb BB ewe lambs were youngest at first estrus and Hb AA ewe lambs were...
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Some effects of 171β-estradiol on ovine luteal function were
studied in five experiments.
Estradiol injected into ewes on days 11 and 12 of the estrous
cycle caused luteal regression in both intact and unilaterally hysterectomized
ewes indicating that the presence of one uterine horn permits
estradiol to cause luteolysis comparable...