Lamb

Lamb

Lamb and mutton is the meat attained from the killing of domestic sheep. The meat of a sheep in its first year is lamb, the meat of juvenile sheep older than a year is called hogget, the meat of an adult sheep is called mutton.

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bale

Meat products; Lamb

A wool pack containing a specified weight of pressed wool as regulated by industry authorities.

bell sheep

Meat products; Lamb

A sheep (usually a rough, wrinkly one) caught by a shearer, just before the end of a shearing run.

backliner

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An externally applied medicine, applied along the backline of a freshly shorn sheep to control lice or other parasites. In the British Isles called pour-on.

cull ewe

Meat products; Lamb

A ewe no longer suitable for breeding, and sold for meat.

random mating

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A mating system where all ewes have the same chance of being mated to any ram used.

quantitative traits

Meat products; Lamb

Traits that do not show a sharp distinction between phenotypes. There is a gradual variation from one phenotype to another, for example, birth weight. Usually, environmental effects as well as many ...