Iceland AI Ram

Ram Sire: "Bassi"

Weight and measures 1996: 93 - 107 - 26,0 - 120 Please note

Points 1996: 8 - 8 - 8,5 - 9 - 8,5 - 18 - 8 - 8 - 8,5 = 84,5 points

Ultrasound 1996: Eye muscle thickness 31 mm. (S)

Description: Bassi is like a jewel. He is long bodied with thick and well shaped eye muscle, exceptionally muscular thighs and beautyful wool.

Results: Bassi was progeny tested at Bassastaðir farm in 1998 resulting as following; eye muscle thickness 24,1 mm (S), back fat 5,5 mm, thighs 16,2 points, meat grading 7,29 points, fat grading 5,35 points and dressing weight 15,93 kg.
Bassi was also progeny tested by SOUTHRAM in 1999:

No.

thighs
points

Conf.
points

Eye muscle
thickn.

Meat
ratio

Back
fat,mm

Fat
ratio

Dressing
weight,kg

Bassi 95-821

18

3,96

3,97

24,9

60,5%

2,5

23,5%

17,10

Average

30

3,86

3,81

24,4

60,7%

2,4

23,0%

17,00

EUROP meat classification: 6% E, 11% U, 78% R, 5% O. Fat classification: 11% 1, 56% 2, 22% 3, 11% 3+.

A great number of male offsprings of Bassi were evaluated in 1999 and 2000 and it´s quite clear that Bassi passes his qualities on along with great weight and maturity.

Sheep breeding records (local figures in parentheses)

LAMBS

DAUGHTERS

Number

Score

Prod. years

Prolificacy

Score

320

102

(52

-1

99)

Bassi has not proven himself as a father yet though his daughters seem to have average prolificacy. Bassi is absolutely one of our best polled sire for breeding.

Scrapie resistance genotype: Neutral.

Iceland AI Ram "Bassi"

Iceland AI Ram
"Bassi"