Publications
Signet Breeding Services prides itself on the work it does to provide breeders and commercial farmers with interesting and relevant information on which it make informed breeding decisions.
The sections below highlight just some of our work for the pedigree and commercial sheep and beef sectors, as well as a few technical papers for students and scholars wanting more information.
Publications relating to the Signet Sheepbreeder Service and Ram Breeding
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Booklet about How to Performance Record Your Flock
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Booklet about a Decade of Progress in the English Sheep Industry
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Booklet about Fit for Purpose Rams
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Leaflet about recording birth weight and lambing ease
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Leaflet about measuring shearling ewe weights
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Booklet on how Signet recording your flock will help your flock stand out.
National Terminal Sire Evaluation
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Read more about recording your Charollais flock
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Read more about recording your Suffolk flock
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Read more about recording your terminal sire flock
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Read more about recording your Dorset flock
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Read more about recording your Hampshire Down flock
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Leaflet with more information about the National Terminal Sire Evaluation
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Booklet with more information about the National Terminal Sire Evaluation
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Read more about crossbred ram breeding
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Read more about CT Scanning at SRUC
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Read more about Buying a recorded Charollais
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Read more about Buying a recorded Dorset
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Read more about Buying a recorded Hampshire Down
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Read more about Buying a recorded Meatlinc
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Read more about Buying a recorded Suffolk
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Read more about Buying a recorded Beltex
National Maternal Breeding Evaluation
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This booklet details the new Maternal Sheep Breeding Evaluation produced by Signet. Click to view the National Maternal Breeding Evaluation
National Hill Sheep Breeding Evaluation
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This booklet details the new Hill Sheep Breeding Evaluation produced by Signet. Click to view the National Hill Sheep Breeding Evaluation
RamCompare publications
AHDB Better Returns Publications - A Commercial Guide to Breeding Values
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Read more about Buying a recorded ram
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Read more about Marketing prime lamb for Better Returns
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Read more about Buying a recorded ram
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Read more about New CT traits for sheep
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Read more about Seek the standard
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Read more about Seek the standard
Signet's Beefbreeder Service
AHDB Better Returns Beef Publications - Breeding information for Commercial Producers
The AHDB Beef Carcase Traits Project
Genetic reports from AHDB funded research
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Demonstrating the benefits of using maternal EBVs in selecting beef sires by Kirsty Moore and colleagues. Read the full report here
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Utilising Maternal Traits EBVs of Beef Bulls by SAC. Read the full report here
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Optimising the mature weight for farm efficiency and profitability by AbacusBio. Read full report here
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Analysis of Ultrasound Scanning Data from the Meatlinc and Lleyn breed in relation to age at scanning by Janet Roden. Read full report here
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Generating estimated breeding values for postnatal lamb survival by Joanne Conington. Read SRUC report on generating breeding values for postnatal lamb survival
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Generating estimated breeding values for postnatal lamb survival. Read poster about lamb survival
Sheep Breed Survey
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Read more about the 2003 survey
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Read more about the 2012 survey
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Read more about the 2020 survey. For information about the project click here
Breeding publications by QMS and HCC - sometimes with a bit of help from us....
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Read more about Using EBVs To Breed Better Sheep - written by QMS
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Read more about this Ram Buyers Guide - written by HCC
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Read more about Fit and Fertile rams - written by HCC
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Read about performance recording your flock here or on the HCC website