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Hydrops Amnii in a Ewe [PDF]

, 2014
On April 28, 1953, a two-year-old ewe was presented at the clinic with a history of being bloated. The ewe was due to lamb in approximately one week.
Jordahl, Gene
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Late pregnancy ewe feeding and lamb performance in early life. 1. Pregnancy feeding levels and perinatal lamb mortality

, 1979
One hundred and thirty-nine Scottish Half bred ewes were studied during the last 8 weeks of pregnancy, through parturition and early lactation. They were divided, on the basis of their metabolizable energy intake during this period, into low (483 MJ/ewe;
J. T. Baxter, J. FitzSimons, W. J. M. Black, J. A. Ferguson, D. L. Doxey, A. M. Khalaf   +5 more
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Litter Size and Lamb Survivability of Batur Sheep in Upland Areas of Banjarnegara Regency, Indonesia

Animal Production: Indonesian Journal of Animal Production, 2011
. The objective of the current study was to find out the litter size and lamb survivability of Batur sheep, and also to identify the effects of ewe parities on litter size and lamb survivability; and the effects of birth type on lamb survivability of ...
A Sodiq, P Yuwono, SA Santosa
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Influence of maternal characteristics on growth performance of Ouled Djellal lambs under semi-arid conditions in northeastern Algeria

Revista Científica
This study evaluated the influence of maternal factors (parturition number, ewe age, live weight, and body condition score) on the growth performance of Ouled Djellal lambs raised under semi- intensive production systems in northeastern Algeria.
Sihem Belmili, Hithem Bougherara, Saïd Boukhechem, Abderrahmène Bensegueni, Nassim Moula, Mohamed-Ezzine Zebiri, Safia Tennah   +6 more
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The net iron, manganese, copper, and zinc requirements for maintenance and growth of Dorper × Hu ewe lambs

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2018
A comparative slaughter trial was conducted to estimate the net trace element requirements of Dorper × Hu ewe lambs. Thirty-five ewe lambs with an initial body weight of 33.52 ± 0.56 kg, were used.
Hao Zhang, Haitao Nie, Ziyu Wang, Feng Wang   +3 more
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Nutritional management of the pregnant ewe and lamb survival

, 2010
Lamb survival is a key limitation to reproductive efficiency in Australian sheep flocks and little improvement seems to have occurred in the past 25 years.
Hinch, Geoffrey
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The effect of protein intake during gestation on ewe and lamb performance

, 1968
Two experiments were carried out in which a total of sixty-four Border Leicester × Scottish Blackface ewes were each individually fed on one of eight experimental diets from six weeks after service to parturition. The eight diets supplied four intakes of
T. J. Forbes, J. J. Robinson
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High Concentrate Supplementation during Late Pregnancy and Lambing Reduced Mortality of Triplet-Bearing Maternal Ewes

Animals
Low survival of triplet-bearing ewes and their lambs represents lost production and a welfare issue. The effects of feed-on-offer (FOO; low: 1205 vs. high: 1980 kg DM/ha) and concentrate supplementation (low: 50 vs.
Emmanuelle Haslin, Sarah E. Blumer, Darren Gordon, Gavin A. Kearney, Paul R. Kenyon, Lyndon J. Kubeil, Gordon Refshauge, Jason P. Trompf, Andrew N. Thompson   +8 more
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Effect of additional oat supplementation in forage based feeding during gestation and lactation periods on ewe body condition, performance, blood glycose and β-hydroxybutyrate concentration in organic farm

Agraarteadus, 2019
The aim of this study was to estimate the feeding strategies of pregnant and lactating ewes fed only silage/hay or supplemented with concentrates (oat) on the ewe body condition score (BCS), production of ewes (lambs born per ewe lambed (LB), lambs born ...
Peep Piirsalu, Tanel Kaart, Jaak Samarütel, Silvi Tölp, Aire Ilves, Hanno Jaakson, Irje Nutt   +6 more
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Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. Ewe and lamb.

Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. Ewe and lamb.

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