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<\/a>search activities involved a combination of laboratory and field work and covered various areas from \u2018breeding mice for milk production, learning by immunological and biochemical methods what \u201cblood will tell\u201d, and climatological studies on sheep.\u2019 It was also very involved in researching female reproduction since that is one of the main focuses for exploitation by the livestock industry. So, a great deal of research was conducted on the \u2018behaviour of mammalian eggs, on the transfer of antibodies between dam and foetus, or on birth weights and survival \u2018, other aspects of maternal performance; twinning in cattle, sheep and humans, in the structure of breeding populations and in the relations between individual and progeny performance shown by a range of different animals. \u00a0In addition to their research in animal genetics and livestock improvement, the scientists at ABRO were extremely knowledgeable in various aspects of practical farming and animal breeding.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a lovely photograph from 1968 of some of the ABRO scientists with one of their sheep!\u00a0 While the Institute of Animal Genetics originated in the early 1900s, the Agricultural Research Council formed the National Animal Breeding and Genetics Research Organisation (NABGRO) in 1945 which housed the Institute directed by Conrad Hal Waddington. In 1946, it was … Continue reading <\/a> Unfortunately no one in the photograph was identified, so if anyone knows who any of them are (even the sheep), please post a reply!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"