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The effect of nutrition and body condition of triplet-bearing ewes during late pregnancy on the behaviour of ewes and lambs

OBJECTIVE: Triplet-born lambs are less likely to survive to weaning than twin-born or single-born lambs. Appropriate ewe-lamb bonding behaviours and lamb vigour behaviours are necessary for survival of lambs. The aim of this experiment was to determine whether maternal nutrition during late pregnanc...

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Autores principales: Gronqvist, Gabriella V., Corner-Thomas, René A., Kenyon, Paul R., Stafford, Kevin J., Morris, Stephen T., Hickson, Rebecca E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies (AAAP) and Korean Society of Animal Science and Technology (KSAST) 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6212744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29642681
http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ajas.17.0890