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Guelph researchers seek all -season sheep
Researchers at the University of consistent lambs would help remedy
Guelph's Centre for Genetic
Improvement of Livestock are
trying to help sheep producers come
up with a "super sheep" that will be
healthier and breed more frequently.
The research team, led by Prof.
Jim Wilton, is trying to change the
tendency of sheep to breed only
seasonally by developing high-
performance commercial breeding
stock. Working under the auspices
of the Ontario Lamb Improvement
Breeding Strategy (OLIBS) along
with visiting Australian Ph.D.
student Susan Meszaros and
research associates Lalit Jairath and
Dolma Kennedy from OMAFRA,
Wilton's team is trying to put
together a breeding model for
Ontario sheep producers.
"Sheep are typically seasonal
breeders and remain inactive for a
longer portion of the year than they
have to," said Wilton. "Weare
looking to decrease the intervals
between pregnancies, to raise
production levels which will lead to
expansion of Ontario sheep
production."
Ontario's sheep industry has
been expanding rapidly to meet the
growing demand but is hampered by
inconsistencies in the size and
quality of lambs as well as the
varying times the lambs enter the
market. Access to large numbers of
productive ewes that produce
the situation.
"Our main aim for the OLIBS
program is to develop out -of -season
breeding traits in ewes," said
Wilton.
Wilton and his team began by
assessing various breeds' maternal
traits, including weaning weights,
litter size at weaning and out -of -
season fertility. After examining
numerous breeds, they settled on
two breeds of sheep, Dorset and
Rideau Arcott, selected for their
ideal carcass conformation, out -of -
season breeding and large litters.
They use embryo transfer to pass
on the traits of the so-called first
cross breeding (F1) program. "The
main reasons for this are to
eliminate disease risks when
moving animals from farm to farm,
to salvage genetics from superior
but diseased animals, and to provide
a base group of minimal -disease
status sheep," Kennedy said.
While the researchers closely
considered other cross -breeding
systems, the selling point of the FI
system was the avoidance of any in-
breeding and genetic drift or
haphazard crosses.
The researchers expect the
improved ewe Iambs to be available
in 1999. "Producers will put the
model to the test," Wilton said.0
Centre for Genetic Improvement in
Livestock Update '98
Medical tests on elk antler velvet begin
The University of Calgary and University of Alberta are ready to begin
clinical trials to determine whether elk antler velvet will offer relief from pain
and swelling from rheumatoid arthritis.
According to Kathy Oberle from the U. of C., the trial will enroll about 40
patients who suffer from arthritis. In the "double blind" trial, neither the patients
nor the researchers will know if the tablet being administered is a placebo or elk
velvet. Each patient will be enrolled in the test for three months.
While the benefits of using elk antler velvet have been touted for centuries,
particularly in the orient, there had never been controlled clinical trials of the
product.
"There is some evidence that it causes some positive effects on stiff joint
movement," Oberle said. "We're certainly anticipating no ill effects."
The universities' nursing departments also want to determine the quantity of
antler velvet required for effectiveness.
As a pilot project, Oberle believes it will generate the necessary data for full-
scale, wider -ranging trials and for more extensive funding.0
—Source: Western Producer