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Crossbred rams outlive purebred Suffolks and Hampshires in Glenn County Testing Program
Authors
Monte BellG. E. Bradford
Authors Affiliations
Monte Bell is Farm Advisor, Glenn County; G. Eric Bradford is Associate Professor, and Animal Husbandman in the Experiment Station, University of California, Davis.Publication Information
Hilgardia 20(4):14-15. DOI:10.3733/ca.v020n04p14. April 1966.
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Abstract
Crossbred yearling rams lived 20% longer according to experiments in western Glenn County than did their purebred Hampshire and Suffolk half-brothers. Mortality of all the yearling rams was high; 82% died before the fifth breeding season.
Bell M, Bradford G. 1966. Crossbred rams outlive purebred Suffolks and Hampshires in Glenn County Testing Program. Hilgardia 20(4):14-15. DOI:10.3733/ca.v020n04p14
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