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...
Half Polypay ewe lambs were bred to Suffolk, North Country
Cheviot and Hampshire rams to lamb at about one year of age.
Type of birth-rearing significantly affected mortality by 70
days of age and all weights of lambs from birth to weaning.
The mortality rate at 70 days of age...
Published May 1977. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
One thousand twenty-three lambing records of 351 ewes bred in a
rotational crossbreeding system involving Columbia or Targhee,
Hampshire and Finnish Landrace breeds were examined. A regression
approach was used to determine the effects of breeds and heterosis on
wool grade, greasy fleece weight, ewe weight at lambing, lambing date,...
Published June 1942. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
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...
A study was conducted during 1975 and 1976 to evaluate
the use of chemically cured pasture as a flushing feed for
ewes in western Oregon.
In 1975 (0.56 kg/ha) and 1976 (0.28 kg/ha) paraquat
was used to chemically cure hill pasture forage when perennial
ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and tall...
Two experiments were conducted to examine the effect of
a cyclopropenoid fatty acid on luteal cell function. In Exp.
1, 12 mature ewes were mated to a fertile ram, assigned to two
groups (n = 6/group) and laparotomized on day 18 of gestation.
Ewes with corpora lutea (CL) in both...
A series of trials was conducted with Polypay (P), Coopworth
(CP), Hampshire (H), and crossbred ewes over a two year period at three
locations to assess the effects of ewe body condition and pre-lambing
supplementation on ewe productivity. Supplementation trials were
conducted at all three locations in Year 1 using...
Published January 1954. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog