作者: S.P. Quigley , Q. Scott , K. Bates , D.O. Kleemann
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摘要: Reproductive rate is a major contributing factor to the profitability of sheep meat enterprise. Low reproduction feature husbandry in semi-arid Queensland. High ambient temperatures are implicated poor fertility (Moule 1970) where variation response can be due breed and animals within (Hopkins Stephenson 1978). Breeds recently imported from South Africa were selected arid environments may better adapted pastoral conditions northern Australia than traditional breeds. Animal production for consuming world : proceedings 9th Congress Asian-Australasian Association Animal Production Societies [AAAP] 23rd Biennial Conference Australian Society [ASAP] 17th Annual Symposium University Sydney, Dairy Research Foundation, [DRF]. 2-7 July 2000, Australia. This study will investigate (a) thermoregulatory ability Damara, Dorper, Poll Dorset, Rambouillet, African Meat Merino Queensland medium wool rams prior joinings autumn spring 1999, 2000 2001 (b) association between parameters (rectal temperature respiration rate) ewe fertility. Results initial joining reported this paper.