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Title:

Growth and wool production of Merino wethers after treatment with testosterone / by K.P. Croker, M.A. Johns, A. Meldrum, J.F. Wallace and F.E. Watson.

Author:

Johns, M. A. Western Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Perth. Sheep and Wool Branch) ; Meldrum, A. (Western Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Merredin) ; Wallace, J. F. (CSIRO, Floreat (Australia). Div. of Mathematics and Statistics) ; Croker, K. P. (Western Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Perth. Sheep and Wool Branch) ; Watson, F. E. (Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands (Australia). Dept. of Clinical Chemistry)

Series:

Technical Bulletin - Western Australian Department of Agriculture (Australia), 85

Description:

32 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Wool production. ; Growth effects. ; Testosterone. ; Australian merino. ; Sheep.

Notes:

13 tables, 9 figures.
13 ref.
(En)

Type:

Journal

Abstract:

(En)
The results were variable with there being no response to the testosterone treatment of the weaners in year 2 which were weaned onto dry feed. In the other two years, the weaners grazed at the lower stocking rates were heavier and there appeared to be a general increase in the weight of those injected with testosterone. However, the level of response was not consistent and in year 3 there was no response while the sheep grazed green feed for four months or so following weaning. There was a general tren

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