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Title: Comparing rams or ram sources on your farm / Lock Butler.
Author: Butler, L. G. (Western Australian Department of Agriculture, Narrogin) ; Western Australia. Dept. of Agriculture.
Year: 2003.
Series: Farmnote (Western Australia. Dept. of Agriculture), ; no. 16/2003
Description: [3] p. ; 30 cm.
Subject: Genetic improvement. ; Sheep. ; Western Australia. ; Rams. ; Progeny testing.
Notes: 2 refs.
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Type: Book
Abstract: (En)
An on-farm ram comparison is designed to improve the farmer's ability, as a commercial sheep producer, to confirm the suitability of a ram source. Well run on-farm ram comparisons can provide valuable information on the genetic performance of current ram source compared to other ram sources. This farmnote cover the pros and cons of an on-farm ram source comparison, how to make an on-farm ram comparison, how to increase accuracy, how to be confident in the results and the real genetic difference between th
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