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Web-based survey of consumer preferences for the visual appearance of meat from suckling kids [PDF]

, 2019
Most suckling kids are raised on farms oriented toward cheese production, and many goat farmers’ rear kids with milk replacers. The aim of the current study was to investigate the consumer preferences for the visual appearance of meat from suckling kids
Alcalde Aldea, María Jesús, Argüello, Anastasio, Panea Doblado, Begoña, Ripoll García, Guillermo   +3 more
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What Do We Know and Need to Know About Weaning in Sheep? An Overview of Weaning Practises, Stress and Welfare

Frontiers in Animal Science, 2022
Artificial weaning is the separation of the mother and her lamb, involving the forced ending of suckling and milk supply by the ewes to their lambs. Artificial weaning time varies depending on the purpose of each sheep farm and the characteristics of the
Aline Freitas-de-Melo, Agustín Orihuela, Maria José Hötzel, Rodolfo Ungerfeld   +3 more
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A cohort study of the associations between udder conformation, milk somatic cell count, and lamb weight in suckler ewes [PDF]

, 2012
A cohort study of 67 suckler ewes from 1 farm was carried out from January to May 2010 to investigate associations between udder conformation, udder half milk somatic cell count (SCC), and lamb weight. Ewes and lambs were observed at lambing.
A.J. Bradley, Al-Sabbagh, Albenzio, Arsenault, Casu, Casu, de la Fuente, Fthenakis, Gonzalo, Keisler, L.E. Green, Lafi, Larsgard, Marie-Etancelin, Moroni, Paape, Rasbash, S. Cooper, S.J. Huntley, Saratsis, Seykora, Watkins   +21 more
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Early weaning and concentrate supplementation strategies for lamb production on Tifton-85 pasture

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2014
The influence of early weaning and concentrate supplementation strategies on sward characteristics, forage chemical composition and lamb productivity were evaluated in four production systems on Tifton-85 pasture: suckling lambs not supplemented until ...
Cláudio José Araújo da Silva, Sergio Rodrigo Fernandes, Marina Gabriela Berchiol da Silva, Alda Lúcia Gomes Monteiro, César Henrique Espírito Candal Poli, Odilei Rogerio Prado, Concepta McMannus, Susana Gilaverte   +7 more
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A Machine Learning Approach for Lamb Meat Quality Assessment Using FTIR Spectra

IEEE Access, 2020
The food industry requires automatic methods to establish authenticity of food products. In this work, we address the problem of the certification of suckling lamb meat with respect to the rearing system.
Rocio Alaiz-Rodriguez, Andrew C. Parnell
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Productive and Reproductive Efficiency of Ewes Kept on Tropical Pastures as a Function of the Suckling Lamb Treatments

Tropical Animal Science Journal, 2023
The aim of the research was to evaluate the productive and reproductive performances of ewes as a function of the supplementation offered to suckling lambs. The lambs were divided into two experimental treatments.
K. L. S. M. Ferelli, C. C. B. F. Ítavo, L. C. V. Ítavo, G. T. dos Santos, M. I. L. Souza, G. K. A. de Melo, M. de M. S. Peres, N. da S. Heimbach, T. F. F. de S. Arco, E. S. de M. Soares, J. A. da Silva, P. C. G. da Silva, C. de Godoy, P. B. de Andrade, A. A. da S. Miguel   +14 more
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Effect of suckling management on productive performance and carcass traits of Comisana lambs

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2010
The effect of restricted suckling on productive performance and carcass traits of growing lambs was determined. Twenty-one naturally sucked male Comisana lambs were divided into three equal weight groups with differing suckling management systems: 1 ...
Angelo Manchisi, Daniela Cianciullo, Antonia Ciarlariello, Giuseppe Maiorano   +3 more
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Proximate and mineral composition of M. longissimus thoracis et lumborum of suckling lambs from three Croatian indigenous breeds reared in outdoor conditions

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2018
Lamb meat represents an important source of nutrients for humans worldwide. However, nutritional value of lamb meat, and particularly that obtained from suckling lambs, has been scarcely investigated in comparison to other categories of meat.
Ante Kasap, Ana Kaić, Ivan Širić, Zvonko Antunović, Boro Mioč   +4 more
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Physiological response and carcass and meat quality of suckling lambs in relation to transport time and stocking density during transport by road

Animal, 2010
To evaluate the effect of stocking density and transport time on physiological responses and meat quality, 72 male suckling lambs were transported by road to the slaughterhouse at three different stocking densities (0.12, 0.20 or 0.25 m2/lamb) and two ...
J. De la Fuente, M. Sánchez, C. Pérez, S. Lauzurica, C. Vieira, E. González de Chávarri, M.T. Díaz   +6 more
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Reproductive response of Pelibuey sheep to the application of recombinant bovine somatotropin and a metabolic restorative preparation [PDF]

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2018
: The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) and of the metabolic restorative preparation Metabolase (MR) on the reestablishment of the post-partum ovarian activity of Pelibuey sheep. Ninety-four ewes,
Silvia Fraire-Cordero, Paulino Pérez Rodríguez, Ponciano Pérez-Hernández, César Cortez-Romero, Jaime Gallegos-Sánchez   +4 more
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