@conference {40239,
	title = {Melatonin for cashmere production},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {50},
	year = {1990},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {339-344},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Relative to an industry Romney control line, three lines derived   from screening for high prolificacy, consisting of Romneys, Perendales   and Coopworths had significantly heavier weaning weights after   adjustment for non-genetic factors with weights of 19.9 (100), 22.3   (112), 24.0 (121) and 23.9 (120) kilograms (percentage relative to the   Romney controls) for the respective flocks. The differences increase   post-weaning and when slaughtered, between 175 and 219 days of age, the   carcass weights (kg) were 12.0 (100), 14.3 (119), 16.1 (134), 15.7 (131)   respectively for the different strains. Although the base populations   of Romneys are not genetically comparable the results suggest that the   intensive screening for prolificacy has indirectly resulted in animals   capable of more rapid growth to slaughter. The differences between   strains in their carcass weight adjusted subcutaneous fat depths were   minor except that the high prolificacy Perendales had lower increases in   fat depths with increasing carcass weight and had the lowest   subcutaneous fat depths at heavy weights. Additionally the high   prolificacy Perendales had 2 to 6 percent larger estimated L.   dorsi areas than the other genotypes.    },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Litherland AJ and Paterson DJ and Parry AL and Dick HB and Staples LD}
}
