Conference paper
Merino lifetime productivity - Economic value of meat and wool from wethers at yearling and adult age
23rd Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG) (Armidale, NSW, Australia, 27/10/2019–01/11/2019)
2019
Abstract
The Merino Lifetime Productivity project is evaluating the lifetime productivity of the ewe progeny of industry sires at five sites around Australia. Additional work at the Pingelly site is evaluating the productivity of the wether progeny. Liveweight, carcase traits and wool production data for wether progeny born in 2016 and 2017 have been collected. This paper presents a preliminary analysis of the value of production of the 2016 and 2017 drop wethers at yearling and adult age. The difference in value of production to 18-22 months of age between the top and bottom ranking sire groups was approximately $50 per head, excluding differences in mortality between sire groups. In future analyses the wether data will be compared to the productivity of the ewes as well as combined with ewe data to calculate flock profitability so comparisons can be drawn between sires in feed intake and whole-body energy.
Details
- Title
- Merino lifetime productivity - Economic value of meat and wool from wethers at yearling and adult age
- Authors/Creators
- B.E. Clarke (Author/Creator)J.M. Young (Author/Creator)S. Hancock (Author/Creator)A.N. Thompson (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- 23rd Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG) (Armidale, NSW, Australia, 27/10/2019–01/11/2019)
- Identifiers
- 991005542320707891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Agricultural Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
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