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Table 2 Ewe and ram breed types on the different types of enterprise

From: Gastrointestinal nematode control practices on lowland sheep farms in Ireland with reference to selection for anthelmintic resistance

 

Sheep only

(n = 39)

Sheep and Cattle

(n = 65)

All enterprises

(n = 104)

 

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

Ewe breed

   

Mostly Suffolk cross

41 (16)

42 (27)

41 (43)

Mostly Texel cross

8 (3)

2 (1)

4 (4)

Other

3 (1)

9 (6)

8 (7)

Combination

49 (19)

48 (31)

48 (50)

Ram breed

   

Mostly Suffolk

50 (14)

52 (30)

42 (44)

Mostly Texel

39 (11)

26 (15)

25 (26)

Both

11 (3)

22 (13)

15 (16)