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Survival Of Lambs, R W. Kelly, David Lindsay
Survival Of Lambs, R W. Kelly, David Lindsay
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Between one in every five or six lambs that are born each year in Western Australia die at or about the time of birth. This represents a loss approaching two million lambs and is arguably out single greatest wastage in sheep production. The deaths have an immediate impact on lambing performance and therefore lamb sales, and ultimately effects on such areas as selection of breeding replacement stock, the proportion of ewes and weathers that can be run in a self-replacing flock and the amount of wool produced and its uality.
This article summarises information on what influences lamb survival, and …
Reproductive Wastage And The Sheep Shortage In Western Australia, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Reproductive Wastage And The Sheep Shortage In Western Australia, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
WESTERN AUSTRALIA has an acute shortage of sheep.
It is estimated that about seven million extra sheep are needed to stock existing pastures fully; meanwhile the carrying capacity of the State's pastures is increasing at the rate of three million sheep a year.