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Genetics
Genetic improvement is key to the long term viability of a sheep and goat enterprise. On this page, links pertaining to sheep and goat genetics are arranged alphabetically according to subject category: breeding systems, central performance tests, color genetics, crossbreeding, culling, EPDs and EBVs, genetic defects, general links, genetic improvement, genomics, heritability, inbreeding, national performance evaluation, on-farm performance testing, selection, and sire selection.
Breeding systems
Breeding methods - Woolshed 1 blog
Breeding options for a commercial sheep flock - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Breeding programs for sheep production - British Columbia, Canada
Breeding strategies - Jack & Anita Maudlin's Boer Goats
Breeding systems: Sheep 201 
[PDF] Breeding systems for small flock sheep enterprises - Michigan State
Making new bloodlines: using the only ram you have
What is conservation breeding? - St. Croix Hair Sheep Association
Central performance testing
Angelo State University Meat Goat Performance Test
Langston University Buck Test
Pennsylvania Livestock Evaluation Center | Ram test | Buck test
[PDF] The role of central performance tests for meat goats
Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test
Color genetics
All-black off type of Barbados Blackbelly sheep
[PDF] Coat color inheritance in goats
Colored Angora Goat information
Color genetics, color pattern, and the Pygmy goat
Color genetics in Border Leicester sheep
Color genetics in Coopworth sheep - Deer Run Farm
Color genetics in Soay sheep | PDF
Color patterns in sheep - Indiana University
Color genetics in the Nigerian Dwarf
Color genetics of Gotland sheep in North America
Farm animal color genetics link
Genetic basis for the black sheep of the familiy
[PDF] Genetics of goat color - Virginia Tech
Goat color explained - by Phil Sponenberg
Icelandic sheep: a primer for color pattern genetics
[PDF] Identification of the coat pattern in Soay sheep
[PDF] Inheritance of color in Angora Goats
The mystery of the grey-mouflon (as a single gene) pattern
[PDF] NGPA documentation of color, genetics, and animals
Red Boers: where do they come from?
Sheep color genetics
Some dairy goat color genetics
White spotting patterns - R Fainting Farm
[PDF] A working understanding of coat colors and genetics in Soay...
Crossbreeding
[PDF] An introduction to Mule sheep
Could crossbreeding increase goat kid value? - Dairy Goat Journal
Crossbreeding for profit
Crossbreeding musings - BoerGoats.com
Crossbreeding of sheep - Ontario, Canada
Crossbreeding systems (lecture notes) - Cornell University
[PDF] Fundamental aspects of crossbreeding sheep
[PDF] Genetic control of breed and crossbred performance - FAO
[PDF] Genetic improvement and crossbreeding in meat goats
[PDF] Heterosis and crossbreeding - rangebeefcow.com
[PDF] Increasing lamb output via crossbreeding - ASI TwoPLUS
[PDF] Some ideas about crossbreeding sheep - Oklahoma State University
[PDF] Terminal sires on white-faced ewes - Michigan State University
[PDF] Useable crossbreeding systems for small and large flocks
Why crossbreds may be superior to purebreds: breeding a better goat
Culling
[PDF] Better returns from finishing cull ewes - EBLEX UK
Culling dairy goats - GoatConnection
[PDF] Culling ewes - Oregon State University
Culling in a meat goat herd - Onion Creek Ranch
[PDF] Culling sheep vs. selection - Icelandic Sheep Breeders
Culling strategies for the ewe flock - Ontario, Canada
Culling the sheep flock - Ohio Sheep Team
[PDF] How to use EPDs to select and cull sheep from your flock - NSIP
Keep or cull? - Dairy Goat Journal
Ram culling and replacement policy - Queensland, Australia
Seven good reasons to cull ewes - Agri-view newspaper | alt. link
EPDs / EBVs
EBVs and the benefits to the Ausralian. Cashmere Industry
[PDF) Estimated breeding values - Western Australia
Fitting EPDs into your selection system - Ontario, Canada 
[PDF] How to use EPDs to purchase animals - NSIP
Intro to guided readings on EPD's - The EPD Library
Sheep Flock Improvement Program EPDs - Ontario, Canada
Opportunities for genetic evaluation of hair sheep - Hair Sheep Workshop
[PDF] Understanding sheep expected progeny differences (EPDs)
Understanding the tools of objective breeding - Rural NI
[PDF] Using EBVs and selection indexes... - NSW, Australia
What are EPDs? - NSIP
What is an EBV? - Tamarack Sheep
General links
Animal Genetics Training Resource (AnGR)
Genetics for sheep breeding: reading list - Western Australia
[PDF] Genetic nomenclature and animal breeding terms - Western Australia
[PPT] Genetics 101
Glossary of sheep breeding terminology - Ontario, Canada
Genetic defects
[PDF] Bulldog jaw and parrot mouth defects in sheep - Navajo Sheep Project
Chart of genetic defects - Kinne's Mini's
[PDF, THESIS] Chondrodysplasia of Texel sheep
[AuthorStream, PPT] Cryptorchidism
[PDF] Freemartinism: three cases in goats - Acta.Vet. Brno.
Genetic defects in sheep - Purdue University class project
[PDF] Relation between polled and hermahroditic character in dairy goats
Spider lamb syndrome - go to lamb and kid diseases page.
Genetic improvement
[SlideShare] Breeding better sheep
[PDF] Breeding in sheep and goats - Elsenburg, South Africa
[PDF] Genetic improvement of lambs - Aust. J. Ag. Res.
[PDF] Genetic improvement of litter size in sheep - Gen. Sel. Evol.
[PDF] Genetic improvement of overall reproductive success in sheep
Genetic improvement of sheep and goats at village level - Ethiopia SGPIP
[PDF] Improving breeding in dairy goats and milking sheep - RIRDC
Improving economically important traits - New Mexico State University
[PDF] Myths and realities of making genetic improvement in U.S. sheep
[PDF] Strategies for genetic improvement of carcass value in lambs
[PDF] Tools available to WI sheep producers for genetic improvment...
[PDF] Using genetics to increase lambing percentage - ASI TwoPLUS
Genomics
Beyond EPDs: marker-assisted selection - National Animal Genome Res.
[PDF] Differences between the sheep and goat genetic maps
[PDF] DNA markers for aseasonality and milk production in sheep
[PDF] Major genes affecting ovulation rate in sheep - Genet. Sel. Evol.
[PDF] Marker-assisted selection in sheep and goats - FAO United Nations
NAGRP Sheep Genome Coordination Program
National Animal Genome Research Program
[PPT] Recent advances in sheep genomics
[PDF] Review article: genomics of sheep - AgBiotechNet
[PDF] Searching for genes for parasite resistance in sheep
Goat Genome resources @ NCBI
Sheep Genome resources @ NCBI
Heritability
AAABG Genetic Parameters | sheep traits
Heritabilities for production characters in Merino sheep - Queensland, Aust.
[PDF] Heritabilities of and genetic correlations between dairy traits...
Heritability and its use in animal breeding - University of Missouri
[PDF] The heritability of acceptability in South African Merino sheep
The heritability percentage for a number of traits - Kinne's Mini's
[PDF] Sheep breeding: heritability - Western Australia
Inbreeding
[PDF, Thesis] Analysis of inbreeding in a closed population of xbred sheep
A beginner's guide to inbreeding and line breeding
[PDF] The effects of inbreeding in a flock of Hampshire sheep
[PDF] Inbreeding in dairy goats and its effects on milk production
Inbreeding: its meaning, uses, and effects on farm animals
Linebreeding: an ancient breeding technique - Jager Icelandics
Linebreeding, inbreeding...what's the difference? - Dairy Goat Journal
[PDF] Present status of inbreeding in sheep (1931) - J. Anim. Sci.
[PDF] Rescue and conservation breeding - A Written Word
Using inbreeding to improve growth and other phenotypes - FAO
National genetic evaluation
Sheep Genetics | LAMBPLAN ASBV
[PDF] LAMBPLAN for maternal sheep breeders
National Sheep Improvement Program (NSIP)
New Zealand Performance Recording Service
Sheep Improvement Ltd. (SIL) - New Zealand
Signet Breeding Services
Sire Reference Schemes - Ontario, Canada
UK Sheep Genetics
[PDF] Use of sire referencing schemes... carcass composition
On-farm performance testing
Calculating adjusted weaning weights: Sheep 201
[PDF] Calculating adjusted weaning weights, indexes, and ADG
[PDF] Calculating adjusted weaning and post weaning weights - VA Tech
[PDF] On-farm performance testing for meat goat doe herds - TSU
Performance evaluation for small ruminants - Alabama Coop. Extension | PDF
Performance records: do you really need more paperwork?
The sheep flock improvement program - Ontario, Canada
Using performance records for sheep selection - Ontario, Canada
Using production records to develop a more profitable flock
Selection
Criteria to select goat breeding stock - Alabama Coop. Extension
[PDF] ...ewes selected for calm temperment have a greater conc. of Ig..
[PDF] Meat goat selection - Oklahoma Basic Meat Goat Manual
[PDF] Recommendations for sheep selection programs - Iowa State
[PDF] Select on one trait or multiple traits - NSIP
Selecting breeding stock: Sheep 201
[PDF] Selecting and evaluating goats for meat production - FAMU
[PDF] Selecting foundation and replacement does - Kentucky
[PDF] Selecting breeding stock for sheep production - Ethiopia SGPIP
Selection and breeding - New Mexico State University
[PDF] Selection for commercial meat goat production - Texas A&M
[PDF] Selection for udder conformation in meat goats - Texas A&M
[PDF] Selection of breeding stock - British Columbia, Canada
[PDF] Selection of genetics for meat production in goats and sheep
[WORD] Selection practices for improved goat production - KY St. Univ.
[PDF] Sheep breeding: response to selection - Western Australia
[PDF] Sheep breeding: selection indexes - Western Australia
[PDF] Sheep breeding: variation between sheep - Western Australia
Sheep selection - Alabama Coop. Extension
[PDF] Sheep selection - Penn State University
[PDF] Sheep selection and the use of objective data - Sheep CRC
Sire selection
Buying rams: are we getting what we see? - Montana State University
[PDF] Comparing rams or ram sources on your farm - Western Australia
[PDF] Flock improvement through ram selection - Oklahoma State University
How to grow your flock with only one ram - CritterHaven
[PDF] Micron testing is important, but what else should I look for?
Ram selection - Illini SheepNet
Selecting the right ram with EPDs - Ontario, Canada
Which grade of ram do I choose? - Queensland, Australia
Hybrid vigor (crossbred and purebred lambs)
