@conference {40226,
	title = {Milk production by cows grazing on Matua prairie grass (Bromus willdenowii Kunth) pastures maintained under difference},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {50},
	year = {1990},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {269-274},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {From a population of 1270 Coopworth ewe hoggets 70 were selected   for high greasy fleece weight (CHFW) at hogget shearing and 50 controls   were selected at random (CC).     The CHFW ewes were joined in 1987 and 1988 to sires from a Romney high   fleece weight (RHFW) flock, also mated contemporaneously within that   flock. The CC were mated with commercial Coopworth rams. The CHFW and   CC flocks were grazed with the RHFW flock and its control (RC). Results   for progeny showed that relative to the RC (100) the greasy fleece   weight of the RHFW, CC and RHFW x CHFW were 118, 112 and 125   respectively. Corresponding values for lamb fleece weight were 112, 106   and 121; and for October (12 month) live weight were 106, 109 and 114   respectively. RHFW rams crossed with CHFW ewes generated progeny   markedly superior to Romney and Coopworth controls for greasy fleece   weight, showing that appropriate breeding programmes can rapidly improve   this trait.    },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Rugambwa VK and Holmes CW and Chu ACP and Varela-Alvarez H}
}
