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BRIEF COMMUNICATION: The influence of a herb and legume sward on maternal behaviour and lamb colostrum intake and thermoregulation

BRIEF COMMUNICATION: The influence of a herb and legume sward on maternal behaviour and lamb colostrum intake and thermoregulation
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Hutton PG, Kenyon PR, Bedi MK, Kemp PD, Stafford KJ, West DM, Morris ST
Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production, Volume 71, pp 50-52, Jan 2011

Article class: Brief Communication

Publisher: New Zealand Society of Animal Production

Abstract

Nutrition of the ewe in late pregnancy is known to affect colostrum production, lamb live weight, survival to weaning (Kenyon & Webby, 2007; Kerslake et al., 2009), and maternal behaviour (O’Connor et al., 1985). Kenyon et al. (2010) reported that offering a mixed herb sward containing... Continued

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