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Persistency of lactation in the Improved Valachian breed of sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

F. Louda  and
J. M. Doney
F. Louda
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agronomy, School of Agriculture, Suchdol, Prague, ČSSR
J. M. Doney
Affiliation:
Hill Farming Research Organisation, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland.
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The possibility of using sustained lactation as a maternal character for the enhancement of lamb growth has been suggested by Doney & Peart (1976). Horák & Jakubec (1964) shows that Improved Valachian ewes had a relatively sustained pattern of lactation when lambs were suckled. This breed was developed by cross-breeding between the Texel breed and the original Valachian, a coarsewoolled, mountain breed used to produce milk for cheese. The process of breed development has been described by Laurinčík (1964).

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 87 , Issue 2 , October 1976 , pp. 455 - 457
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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