One of the best times of the year in the stud flock, selecting the 2th keeper rams.
Selection was initially done using SIL eBV's, but the candidate group were also DNA sampled for the Ovita 5K Beta test, and gBV's for that have since been returned.
gBV's are the result of blending the estimated and the molecular BV's.
The mBV merely confirms or endorses the eBV already known for physical traits of high heritability, eg. live wts and fleece wts, but its real value is making selection more robust in traits like NLB or SUR with low heritability that only come to full measure over some years:
Or feasible, in the case of traits where no observation is done at all in this flock, eg. carcase yield measurements for shoulder, loin, and rump; internal parasite resistence; and dag score.
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| 61/11 1st DPG+A 4th DPP |
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| 89/11 1st DPW |
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| 125/11 1st DPG 2nd DPP 3rd DPG+A |
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| 150/11 1st DPX |
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| 152/11 2nd DPG |
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| 234/11 4th DPW |
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| 247/11 3rd DPR+S 3rd DPX |
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| 311/11 1st DPM |
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| 315/11 3rd DPG 5th DPM |
The dark stain in the fleece on the side of some sheep is from the parafin used during ultra-sound muscle scanning, nothing permanent.
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