A pre-partum lift in ewe nutrition from a high-energy lick or maize or by grazing Lotus uliginosus pasture, increases colostrum production and lamb survival

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1183-1188

  Banchero, G E ^a   Quintans, G ^a   Lindsay, D R ^b   Milton, J T B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feed supplementation; Glucose; Grazing; Immunoglobulins; Lactose

Indexed keywords

LOTUS ULIGINOSUS; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 68349157108     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109004571     Document Type: Article

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