@conference {41098,
	title = {Milking performance of East Friesian Poll Dorset cross ewe hoggets},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {59},
	year = {1999},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {125-128},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {The milking performance of East Friesian Poll Dorset cross and Poll Dorset hoggets in a commercial milking system was studied at Flock House Agricultural Centre. Hoggets were milked twice daily from 2-4 days post-lambing on a 30 bale rotary platform for about 102 days. Live weight of the Poll Dorset and East Friesian cross hoggets were similar (P>0.05), both groups increased in weight from 51.5 {\textpm} 0.7 to 61.8 {\textpm} 0.8 kg over the trial period. Mean daily milk yield of the East Friesian cross hoggets was significantly higher (P<0.01) than for the Poll Dorset hoggets, 1.13 {\textpm} 0.06 and 0.87 {\textpm} 0.08 l/ewe/day, respectively. Milk production of the East Friesian cross hoggets over the lactation period was 30\% higher in milk volume (113.1 {\textpm} 6.0 versus 86.8 {\textpm} 7.9 l/ewe) but had a lower milk solids content (18.19 {\textpm} 0.06 versus 18.48 {\textpm} 0.07 \%) resulting in a 25\% higher yield of milk solids (204 {\textpm} 3 versus 164 {\textpm} 4 g/ewe/ day) than Poll Dorset hoggets.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Newman S-AN and Stieffel W}
}
