Effect of offering concentrate supplement in late pregnancy, under conditions of unrestricted herbage, on the performance of multiple-bearing ewes and their lambs to weaning

Animal Production Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 485-492

  Kenyon, P R ^a   Wall, A J ^a   Burnham, D L ^a   Stafford, K J ^a   West, D M ^a   Morris, S T ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; WEANING; WEIGHT;

OVIS ARIES; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 77953785034     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN09176     Document Type: Article

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