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A note on the relation between scrotal wool cover and fertility in Merino rams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

A. K. Rathore
A. K. Rathore
Affiliation:
Department of Livestock Husbandry, University of New England, Annidale, N.S. W. 2351, Australia
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Summary

Mating trials were conducted to test the fertility of rams having a range of scrotal wool cover. These revealed that rams with heavier scrotal wool cover had reduced fertility in comparison with those having lighter scrotal wool cover.

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Animal Production , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , February 1970, pp. 165 - 167
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1970

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