Lamb birth weight is the single largest influence on survival of lambs in the first few days of life. In a trial at Massey University in the late 1990s, 160 mixed-aged, Coopworth pregnant ewes (female sheep) were randomly allocated to an experiment involving two shearing treatments (shorn on day 70 vs not shorn) and four feeding regimes (HH, HM, MH, MM).
Background Lamb birth weight is the single largest influence on survival of lambs in the first few days of life. In a trial at Massey University in the late 1990s, 160 mixed-aged, Coopworth pregnant ewes (female sheep) were randomly allocated to an experiment involving two shearing treatments (shorn on day 70 vs not shorn) and … Read more