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
Read more about How to Performance Record Your Flock
Read more about a Decade of Progress
Read more about Fit for Purpose Rams
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Read more about recording birth weight and lambing ease
Read more about measuring shearling ewe weights
Read more about recording your flock
Breed Specific Publications
Read more about Buying a recorded Beltex
Read more about Buying a recorded Charollais
Read more about Buying a recorded Dorset
Read more about Buying a recorded Hampshire Down
Read more about Buying a recorded Meatlinc
Read more about Buying a recorded Suffolk
Read more about Buying a recorded Bluefaced Leicester
Read more about Buying a recorded Lleyn
National Terminal Sire Evaluation
Booklet with more information about the National Terminal Sire Evaluation
Leaflet with more information about the National Terminal Sire Evaluation
Read more about CT Scanning at SRUC
Read more about crossbred ram breeding
National Hill Sheep Breeding Evaluation
This breeding manual explains about the new hill sheep evaluation produced by Signet. Download it here or go to the AHDB knowledge library for more information
AHDB Better Returns Publications - A Commercial Guide to Breeding Values
Read more about Buying a recorded ram for terminal sire traits
Read more about Buying a recorded ram for maternal traits
Read more about Marketing prime lamb for Better Returns
Read more about Buying a recorded ram
Read more about New CT traits for sheep
Read more about Seek the standard
Read more about Seek the standard
Breeding publications by QMS and HCC - sometimes with a bit of help from us....
Read more about Using EBVs To Breed Better Sheep - written by QMS
Read more about this Ram Buyers Guide - written by HCC
Read more about Fit and Fertile rams - written by HCC
Read about performance recording your flock here or on the HCC website
Signet's Beefbreeder Service
AHDB Better Returns Beef Publications - Breeding information for Commercial Producers
The AHDB Beef Carcase Traits Project
RamCompare publications
Genetic reports from funded research
Demonstrating the benefits of using maternal EBVs in selecting beef sires by Kirsty Moore and colleagues. Read the full report here
Utilising Maternal Traits EBVs of Beef Bulls by SAC. Read the full report here
Optimising the mature weight for farm efficiency and profitability by AbacusBio. Read full report here
Analysis of Ultrasound Scanning Data from the Meatlinc and Lleyn breed in relation to age at scanning by Janet Roden. Read full report here
Generating estimated breeding values for postnatal lamb survival by Joanne Conington. Read SRUC report on generating breeding values for postnatal lamb survival
Generating estimated breeding values for postnatal lamb survival. Read poster about lamb survival
AHDB Genetic Research Publications
Sheep Breed Survey
Read more about the 2003 survey
Read more about the 2012 survey
Read more about the 2020 survey. For information about the project click here