Ad libitum Pasture Feeding in Late Pregnancy Does Not Improve the Performance of Twin-bearing Ewes and Their Lambs.
Corner-Thomas RA, Back PJ, Kenyon PR, Hickson RE, Ridler AL, Stafford KJ, Morris ST.
Corner-Thomas RA, et al. Among authors: back pj.
Asian-Australas J Anim Sci. 2015 Mar;28(3):360-8. doi: 10.5713/ajas.14.0346.
Asian-Australas J Anim Sci. 2015.
PMID: 25656209
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The difference in ewe BCSs and back fats observed among body condition groups was maintained throughout pregnancy (p<0.05). At weaning, ewes from the BCS2.0 group had lower BCS and live weight (2.40.2, 74.32.6 kg) than both the BCS2.5 (2.60.2, 78.62.4 kg) and BCS …
The difference in ewe BCSs and back fats observed among body condition groups was maintained throughout pregnancy (p<0.05). …