T HE development of the Targhee breed of sheep began in i9=6 when the Bureau of Animal Industry at the U. S. Sheep Experiment Station, Dubois, Idaho mated select Rambouillet rams with select ewes of Corriedale XLincoln-Rambouillet and Lincoln XRambouillet combinations. Descendants of these crosses have been interbred and carefully selected to produce Targhee sheep. Spencer and Stoehr (x94L) hav...

Two experiments, one examining oestrus and ovarian activity in 5 genotypes of young ewes exposed continuously to teaser rams and the other examining the onset of the breeding season in 4 separate strains of young Merino ewes, were carried out at Hamilton. In each experiment there were genetic differences in the duration of the non-breeding season. In experiment 1, Merinos and Comebacks had a sh...

This study was conducted to investigate the behavioral and physiological changes of heat stressed Corriedale ewes exposed to water deprivation. Nine Corriedale ewes (average BW = 45 ± 3.7 kg) were individually fed diets based on maintenance requirements in metabolic crates. Ewes were assigned into three groups (9 sheep per treatment) according to a 3 × 3 Latin square design for 3 periods with 2...

The present study was aimed to improve the reproductive performance of Corriedale ewes by nutritional flushing. Forty Corriedale ewes were divided into four treatment groups (TC, T1, T2 and T3) with 10 ewes in each group (n=10). At the beginning of the breeding season extra feeding (flushing regime) was started for approximately 34 days such that two estrus cycles were covered. First group i.e....

the present study was aimed to improve the reproductive performance of corriedale ewes by nutritional flushing. forty corriedale ewes were divided into four treatment groups (tc, t1, t2 and t3) with 10 ewes in each group (n=10). at the beginning of the breeding season extra feeding (flushing regime) was started for approximately 34 days such that two estrus cycles were covered. first group i.e....

Ten non pregnant, non lactating Corriedale ewes ate an average of 148 g fuzzy whole cotton seed per sheep per day and their mean weight fell from 40.3 to 32.2 kg over an eight week period. Two of the sheep died. A similar group of ewes, offered a mixture of 227 g of cottonseed and 227 g of wheat per sheep per day, usually ate all the ration. At the end of an 18 week period, there were no signif...

The effect of undernutrition during July-September on oestrus and ovulation rate in Janury-April was investigated in lactating and dry Corriedale ewes. The low levels of nutrition imposed from July resulted in a 5 to 10 kg difference in liveweight in September but thereafter liveweights had equilibrated with control ewes by December. This undernutrition decreased the probability of ovulating ea...

Anestrous ewes respond to the introduction of rams with either an ovulation within 2-3 days that may be followed by luteal phases of normal or short length, with delayed ovulations (5-6 days later), or with the luteinization of follicles. The aim of this work was to study the relationship between the growth status of the largest follicle present when rams are introduced and the type of ovarian ...

Three experiments were conducted, using 1,488 ewes during seasonal anestrous and during the normal estrous period, to evaluate the influence of breed on response to exogenous hormones. Treatment was intravaginal, progestogen pessaries Days 1 to 16, 10 mg crystalline progesterone on Day 16, followed by 750 IU PMS on Day 17. In the anestrous ewes a second PMS injection was given on Day 32 in one ...