In 3 winters the effect of housing in wooden shelters open to the south or in closed sheds of brick was studied in 3 groups of 20 Merino ewes lambing in December and 4 groups of 13 and 4 groups of 15 yearling lambs. Sheep were housed from November to April; straw bedding was ...
Half of the lambs were bottle fed in isolation by one shepherd during the first 3 weeks while the other half was fed alternately by three shepherds. The lambs were then tested at 3, 6 and 14 weeks of age to find out the effect of rearing conditions on the response to isolation and to...
Three such cases, two rams and a ewe have been seen, but they have all died of scrapie, the longest inter- misIsniofnlobcekisngw3ithyeaahrsigfhropmretshuemapgtievoeffr2e.quency of the scrapie gene, unusual syndromes of palsy, wasting and myasthenia of uncertain tiology occur alongside ...
The model for WTFEC2 also included the birth/rearing rank combination (single/single, multiple/single or multiple/multiple) and dam age (2 years or >2 years). The model for the ELISA traits also included the interaction between cohort and birth day. The marker positions used were those ...
The experimental ranch of 4335 hectares is divided into management units by 4-strand-wire fences for rearing beef cattle, Pantaneiros horses, and Pantaneiros sheep. The ranch keeps a breeding flock of sheep with about 100 ewes and six rams. Ram breeders were maintained in 4-paddock rotational...
Frank, D.; Raeside, M.; Behrendt, R.; Krishnamurthy, R.; Piyasiri, U.; Rose, G.; Watkins, P.; Warner, R. An integrated sensory, consumer and olfactometry study evaluating the effects of rearing system and diet on flavour characteristics of Australian lamb.Anim. Prod. Sci.2016,57, ...
sustainability Review Genetic Traits of Relevance to Sustainability of Smallholder Sheep Farming Systems in South Africa Annelin Molotsi 1,* , Bekezela Dube 2, Simon Oosting 3, Tawanda Marandure 1, Cletos Mapiye 1, Schalk Cloete 1,4 and Kennedy Dzama 1 1 Department of Animal Sciences, ...