For 47 Assaf, 27 F1 Booroola Merino (BM) × Assaf and 34 Assaf × (BM × Assaf) ewes, ovulation rate averaged 1.65±0.06, 2.76±0.11 and 1.89±0.10 resp., and the percentage of ewes with an ovulation rate of ≥3 was 2, 93 and 32. The number of lambs born per ewe lambing among 45 Assaf, 310 Awassi, 42 F1 BM × Assaf and 18 F1 BM × Awassi ewes averaged 1.35, 1.25, 1.88 and 1.56 resp. in the 1st parity, and 1.31, 1.31, 2.13 and 1.93 in the 2nd parity (39, 158, 36 and 14 ewes resp.). 17 Assaf and 18 BM × Assaf ewes had 1.41 and 2.05 lambs per ewe in the 3rd parity.
For 47 Assaf, 27 F1 Booroola Merino (BM) × Assaf and 34 Assaf × (BM × Assaf) ewes, ovulation rate averaged 1.65±0.06, 2.76±0.11 and 1.89±0.10 resp., and the percentage of ewes with an ovulation rate of ≥3 was 2, 93 and 32. The number of lambs born per ewe lambing among 45 Assaf, 310 Awassi, 42 F1 BM × Assaf and 18 F1 BM × Awassi ewes averaged 1.35, 1.25, 1.88 and 1.56 resp. in the 1st parity, and 1.31, 1.31, 2.13 and 1.93 in the 2nd parity (39, 158, 36 and 14 ewes resp.). 17 Assaf and 18 BM × Assaf ewes had 1.41 and 2.05 lambs per ewe in the 3rd parity.