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Article: Maximising ewe performance in late pregnancy.(Farming Life)
- Article from:
- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- January 10, 2004
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Byline: Dr CLIFF LISTER
MAXIMISING ewe performance and health in late pregnancy is the best route for profitable lamb production. The choices made during the pregnancy of the ewe will dictate the success of the farm system. Yet each year mistakes are made.
Up to 4 million lambs lost
Studies by Scottish Agricultural Colleges have shown that up to 4 million lambs are lost in the critical last few weeks of pregnancy of the ewe and the first week of life of the lamb, at an estimated cost to the industry of pounds 120 million. Over half of these losses ...