Merino Lifetime Productivity Project early findings show double sire twins

Lucy Kinbacher
Updated June 27 2019 - 3:14pm, first published 11:00am
The Merino Lifetime Productivity Project isn't set to conclude until 2024 but DNA results have indicated a surprisingly common occurrence within twin lambs born from syndicate ram matings. File photo: Rachael Webb
The Merino Lifetime Productivity Project isn't set to conclude until 2024 but DNA results have indicated a surprisingly common occurrence within twin lambs born from syndicate ram matings. File photo: Rachael Webb

Early findings from the Merino Lifetime Productivity Project have uncovered an unusual parentage scenario, with as many as 63 per cent of twins sired by two different rams.

Lucy Kinbacher

Lucy Kinbacher

Editor - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Raised on a cattle property at Biggenden, Lucy Kinbacher has spent 10 years working across metropolitan, regional and rural publications in both Queensland and NSW. Lucy has been the editor of the Queensland Country Life and North Queensland Register since 2021.

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