@conference {39763,
	title = {The effect of early nutrition and hogget oestrus on subsequent reproduction},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {42},
	year = {1982},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {41-44},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {The performance of ~400 Waihora Romney x Romney (W x R) F1 ewes born in both 1977 and 1978, and ~150 W x R B1 ewes born in both 1979 and 1980, was compared with that of similar numbers of contemporary commercial Romney (R) ewes. At hogget shearing W x R ewes were generally heavier (range minus 0.2 to plus 3.9 kg) than R ewes, with fleece weights differing by minus 0.15 to plus 0.26 kg. As two-tooths W x R ewes were 1.0 to 2.9 kg heavier than heavier than R ewes, with 7 to 12 more ovulations per 100 ewes and 1 to 5\% fewer lamb deaths, producing 10 to 15\% more lambs tailed per ewe joined. More W x R wether lambs were drafted fat than R wether lambs (1979/80 - 77 v 60\%; 1980/1 - 98\% v 86\%).},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Moore RW and Hockey H-UP}
}
