Article Title

Survival of lambs

Authors

R W. Kelly
David Lindsay

Keywords

Lambs, Survival, Mortality

First Page Number

99

Last Page Number

103

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

Between one in every five or six lambs that are born each year in Western Australia die at or about the time of birth. This represents a loss approaching two million lambs and is arguably out single greatest wastage in sheep production. The deaths have an immediate impact on lambing performance and therefore lamb sales, and ultimately effects on such areas as selection of breeding replacement stock, the proportion of ewes and weathers that can be run in a self-replacing flock and the amount of wool produced and its uality.

This article summarises information on what influences lamb survival, and some recent research conducted in Western Australia.

Recommended Citation

Kelly, R W. and Lindsay, David (1987) "Survival of lambs," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 28: No. 3, Article 7.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol28/iss3/7