The effect of digestible undegradable protein (DUP) content of concentrates on colostrum production and lamb performance of triplet-bearing ewes on grass-based diets during late pregnancy

Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-110

  Annett, R W ^a   Carson, A F ^a,b,c   Dawson, L E R ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c Dept of Agric and Rural Devmt ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colostrum; Ewes; Lamb survival; Protein intake

Indexed keywords

OVIS;

EID: 13844255967     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/asc40890101     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Agricultural and Food Research Council. 1993. Energy and protein requirements of ruminants. An advisory manual prepared by the AFRC Technical Committee on Responses to Nutrients. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.
2. Bell, A. W. and Bauman, D. E. 1997. Adaptations of glucose metabolism during pregnancy and lactation. Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia 2: 265-278.
3. Black, J. L. 1983. Growth and development of lambs. In Sheep production (ed. W. Haresign), pp. 21-58. Butterworths, London.
4. Boever, J. L. de, Iantcheva, N., Cottyn, B. G., Campeneere, S. de, Fiems, L. O. and Boucqué, Ch. U. 1998. Microbial protein synthesis in growing-finishing bulls estimated from the urinary excretion of purine derivatives. Animal Feed Science and Technology 75: 93-109.
5. Brambell, F. W. R. 1970. The transmission of passive immunity from mother to young. In Frontiers of biology, vol. 18, p. 166. North Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam.
6. Brown, S. A., Dusza, K. and Boehmer, J. 1994. Comparison of measured and calculated values for colloid osmotic pressure in hospitilized animals. American Journal of Veterinary Research 55: 910-915.
7. Carson, A. F., Dawson, L. E. R. and Laidlaw, A. S. 2003. Effect of herbage allowance and concentrate feed level offered to ewes in late pregnancy on ewe and lamb performance. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science, 2003, p. 63 (abstr.).
8. Chen, X. B., Chen, Y. K., Franklin, M. F., Ørskov, E. R. and Shand, W. J. 1992. The effect of feed intake and body weight on purine derivative excretion and microbial protein supply in sheep. Journal of Animal Science 70: 1534-1542.
9. Dawson, L. E. R., Carson, A. F. and Kilpatrick, D. J. 1999. The effect of digestible undegradable protein concentration of concentrates and protein source offered to ewes in late pregnancy on colostrum production and lamb performance. Animal Feed Science and Technology 82: 21-36.
10. Doney, J. M., Peart, J. N., Smith, W. F. and Louda, F. 1979. A consideration of the techniques for estimation of milk yield and a comparison of estimates obtained by two methods in relation to effect of breed, level of production and stage of lactation. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 92: 123-132.
11. Fahey, J. L. and McKelvey, E. M. 1965. Quantitative determination of serum immunoglobulins in antibody-agar plates. Journal of Immunology 94: 84-90.
12. Forbes, J. M. 1970. The voluntary intake of pregnant and lactating ruminants: a review. British Veterinary Journal 126: 1-11.
13. Hall, D. G., Piper, L. R., Egan, A. R. and Bindon, B. M. 1992. Lamb and milk production from Booroola ewes supplemented in late pregnancy. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 32: 587-593.
14. Holst, P. J. 1987. Supplementary feeding of oat grain or lucerne hay to crossbred ewes at lambing. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 27: 211-216.
15. Khalaf, A. M., Doxey, D. L., Baxter, J. T., Black, W. J. M., Fitzsimons, J. and Ferguson, J. A. 1979. Late pregnancy ewe feeding and lamb performance in early life. 2. Factors associated with perinatal lamb mortality. Animal Production 29: 401-410.
16. Kleemann, D. O., Walker, S. K., Walkley, J. R. W., Smith, D. H., Grimson, R. J., Stafford, J. E. and Seamark, R. F. 1988. The effect of nutrition during mid and late pregnancy on lamb birth weight and survival in F + Booroola x S. A. Merino ewes. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Animal Production 17: 428 (abstr.).
17. Lawes Agricultural Trust. 2002. Genstat 6, version 6.1. Rothamsted Experiment Station, Harpenden.
18. Ling, E. R. 1963. A textbook of dairy chemistry, volume. 2. Chapman and Hall, London.
19. McMurray, C. H., Blanchflower, W. J. and Rice, D. A. 1984. Automated kinetic method for D-3-hydroxybutyrate in plasmas or serum. Clinical Chemistry 30: 421-425.
20. McNeill, D. M., Slepetis, R., Erhardt, R. A., Smith, D. M. and Bell, A. W. 1994. Protein requirements in late pregnancy: partitioning of nitrogen between conceptus and maternal tissues. Proceedings of the nutrition conference for feed manufacturers, p. 117 (abstr.).
21. Mehrez, A. Z. and Ørskov, E. R. 1977. A study of the artificial fibre bag technique for determining the digestibility of feeds in the rumen. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 88: 645-650.
22. Mellor, D. J. and Cockburn, F. 1986. A comparison of energy metabolism in the new-born infant, piglet and lamb. Quaterly Journal of Experimental Physiology 71: 361-379.
23. Mellor, D. J. and Murray, L. 1985. Effects of maternal nutrition on the availability of energy in the body reserves of fetuses at term and in colostrum from Scottish Blackface ewes with twin lambs. Research in Veterinary Science 39: 235-240.
24. O'Doherty, J. V. and Crosby, T. F. 1997. The effect of diet in late pregnancy on colostrum production and immunoglobulin absorption in sheep. Animal Science 64: 87-96.
25. O'Doherty, J. V. and Crosby, T. F. 1998. Blood metabolite concentrations in late pregnant ewes as indicators of nutritional status. Animal Science 66: 675-683.
26. Oldham, J. D., Buttery, P. J., Swan, H. and Lewis, D. 1977. Interactions between dietary carbohydrate and nitrogen digestion in sheep. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 89: 467-479.
27. Ørskov, E. R. and McDonald, P. 1979. The estimation of protein degradability in the rumen from incubation measurements weighed according to rates of passage. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 92: 499-503.
28. Ørskov, E. R. and Robinson, J. J. 1981. The application of modern concepts of ruminant protein nutrition to sheep production systems. Livestock Production Science 8: 339-350.
29. Pattinson, S.E., Davies, D. A. R. and Winter, A. C. 1995. Changes in the secretion rate and production of colostrum by ewes over the first 24 h post partum. Animal Science 61: 63-68.
30. Robinson, J. J. 1983. Nutrition of the pregnant ewe. In Sheep production (ed. W. Haresign), pp. 111-131. Butterworths, London.
31. Robinson, J. J. 1990. Nutrition over the winter period - the breeding female. In New developments in sheep production (ed. C. F. R. Slade and T. F. R. Lawrence), British Society of Animal Production occasional publication no. 14, pp. 55-69.
32. Robinson, J. J. and McDonald, I. 1989. Ewe nutrition, foetal growth and development. In Reproduction, growth and nutrition in sheep (ed. O. R. Dyrmundsson and S. Thorgeirsson), pp. 57-77. Agricultural Research Institute and Agricultural Society of Iceland, Reykjavik.
33. Russel, A. J. F., Doney, J. M. and Gunn, R. G. 1969. Subjective assessment of body fat in live sheep. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 72: 451-454.
34. Steen, R. W. J. 1986. The effect of plane of nutrition and type of diet offered to yearling Friesian steers during a winter store period on subsequent performance. Animal Production 42: 29-37.
35. Visek, W. J. 1984. Ammonia: its effects on biological systems, metabolic hormones and reproduction. Journal of Dairy Science 67: 481-498.