early weanling and rearing of lambs on milk replacer is an important act to increasing flock productivity. two experiments were carried out to compare the voluntary intake and nutrients digestibility ewe milk and commercial milk replacer and their feeding effects on the growth rate, feed intake and feed efficiency of suckling lambs. in experiment 1, eight lambs (two 4-lamb groups) at 31 to 34 d...

The objective was to merge science and practice determine the feasibility of a mixed suckling milking system compared with traditional exclusive management on production performance dairy sheep their progeny in an outdoor pasture-based farming at commercial scale. At 14 d postpartum, twin- triplet-bearing mixed-age East Friesian ewes were randomly allocated either once-a-day milking,suckling ea...

In this study, a case of pulmonary aspergillosis was described in 20-day-old suckling lamb. Lamb suffering from high fever, anorexia, weakness and balance disorder brought to the Department Pathology Kafkas University Faculty Veterinary Medicine for necropsy. According anamnesis obtained animal owner, an intense random drug treatment administered animal. Following systemic necropsy animal, vari...

Evaluation of gastric emptying rate using nuclear scintigraphy as the gold standard method has been studied in various animals, but there is no report in suckling lambs. The aim of this study was to develop a nuclear scintigraphic method to visualize and measure abomasal emptying rate by estimation of scintigraphic half emptying time (T1/2) in the live neonatal lamb. Five healthy, female Irania...

Suckling lamb meat is a relevant product in Mediterranean European dairy sheep farms, and the breed Spanish Assaf widely extended through Iberian Peninsula. Knowledge of influence birth body weight (bBW) growth rate on suckling carcass quality scarce, but useful for breeding optimisation homogeneity. In turn, these growth-related traits lambs might be affected by dietary restrictions their dams...

Thirteen crossbred ewes were used to compare weigh-suckle-weigh (WSW) and machine milking (MM) methods for determining milk production of ewes that were rearing single or twin lambs. At parturition, ewes were 13 mo of age and produced six single lambs and seven pairs of twin lambs. Milk production estimates were initiated on d 6 of lactation and a 3-d rotation of the two techniques was implemen...

Growth performance and meat quality traits of 24 Massese suckling lambs reared up to 69 days age in different farming systems were evaluated. Three groups considered: stall (S) indoors fed concentrate hay; pasture (P) outdoor semi free-range (F) during the night at day, concentrate, hay herbage. The remained constantly with their dams for whole period, having thus always access mothers’ milk. A...

Data of 23 189 Merino ewes (8 farms), 7692 Dohne Merino ewes (3 farms) and 2399 SA Mutton Merino ewes (1 farm) were recorded for the 1988-1991 lambing seasons. The udders of ewes present at lamb marking were inspected to differentiate between barren (unlambed), lambed and lost (lambed ewes suckling no progeny), and wet (lambed and suckling ~ 1 lamb) ewes, using the 'wet and dry' technique. The ...

Various science researches have shown that meat of ruminants has more desirable fatty acid composition and a ratio between ω-6 and ω-3 fatty acids (lower than 4.0) because of lower content of linoleic, and a higher content of ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially linolenic fatty acid. The aim of the present study is to examine researches about feeding modulation of the fatty acid composit...