Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Containing Papers of a Biological Character · 1905 · 21 citations · 0 references
AgricultureAnimal SciencesDemographyFertilityLivestock ProductionReproductive DemographyAnimal HusbandryFertility AssessmentFertility HistorySheep NutritionSheep ProductionSheep ReproductionSheep HusbandrySire Fertility Evaluation
Abstract My attention was first directed to the subject of fertility by Mr. Walter Heape, to whom I am much indebted. Experiments have been described in agricultural publications on the effects or different methods of feeding and general treatment upon wool or meat production; but excepting, so far as I am aware, for Mr. Heape's report on "Abortion, Barrenness, and Fertility" in sheep in the South of England for the year 1896 to 1897, no systematic attempt has been made to deal with the factors which influence fertility either in the sheep or in other animals. Numerous experiments, however, are annually conducted by flock-masters for a practical object, and it has been thought desirable to put the results of some of these on record with a view to making comparisons, and in the hope eventually of reaching definite conclusions upon this subject.