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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multiple trait selection

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Selection for more than one trait at the same time.

flock

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A group of sheep (or goats); alternatively all the sheep on a property, or all the sheep in a region or country.

maternal effect

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The effect that a dam’s maternal ability may have on a trait. For example, the effect of milk yield on weaning weight.

linebreeding

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A form of inbreeding which increases the average relationship of the individuals in a flock to an outstanding ancestor or line of ancestors.

linecross

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Progeny produced by crossing two or more inbred lines.

inbreeding

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Production of progeny from closely related parents. Inbreeding increases the number of homozygous gene pairs and decreases the number of heterozygous gene pairs. Inbreeding increases prepotency and ...