@conference {40742,
	title = {Living with the Inverdale gene (FecX) in a Romney flock},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {55},
	year = {1995},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {296-297},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {This paper discusses a Romney flock where the Inverdale gene was  identified in 1993, but it almost certainly traces back to a 1968-born  ewe that had triplets in four successive lambings. It appears that the  first Inverdale ram used in the flock was a triplet son of this ewe,  born in 1970, because several ewes born in 1972 produced triplets or  quadruplets.    The breeding programme has been based on all ewes being given the same  treatment, and thus multiple rearing ewes had to perform well if their  progeny were to be selected. Carrier ewes have the range of qualities  present in the larger population and the same management practices,  production objectives and procedures can be applied to them as to non-  carrier sheep. The only difference is the enhanced prolificacy and the  management requirements that may impose. Records show that they  maintain condition well and have a long life expectancy.   },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Hanna MM}
}
