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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Keywords

Lambs, Weaning, Western Australia

Disciplines

Behavior and Ethology | Nutritional Epidemiology | Sheep and Goat Science

First Page Number

177

Last Page Number

178

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

IN the summer rainfall region of the pastoral areas lambs are too often born too late to ensure their survival.

In good seasons with a fair measure of winter rain more late lambs will survive, but losses are still serious. The only solution to this problem is to make sure lambs drop in May-June.

But the presence of late and often unmarked lambs at mating time is a disturbing influence, which makes it hard to advance the established mating pattern.

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