Effect of supplemental nutrition around lambing on hair sheep ewes and lambs during the dry and wet seasons in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 587-593

  Godfrey, R W ^a,b   Dodson, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^b RR2 Box 10000 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Forage; Lamb; Milk Production; Nutrition; Sheep; Tropics

Indexed keywords

LAMB; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PANICUM MAXIMUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; SEASON; SECRETION; SHEEP; SUCKLING; TIME; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.); WEANING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; POACEAE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES; WEANING;

EID: 0038269157     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.813587x     Document Type: Article

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