Efficiency of wool production of grazing sheep. 4. Forage intake and its relationship to wool production
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
- Vol. 17 (85) , 247-250
- https://doi.org/10.1071/ea9770247
Abstract
Relationships between the quantity of forage consumed, and the wool growth of penned and grazing sheep, were examined in 2 experiments. Wool production was proportional in intake over the range of intakes examined.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- A comparative study of fleece growth in Tasmanian Fine Merino and Wiltshire Horn ewesThe Journal of Agricultural Science, 1961
- Studies of Comparative Fleece Growth in Sheep I. The Quantitative Nature of Inherent Differences in Wool-Growth RateAustralian Journal of Biological Sciences, 1949