The modern consumer of sheep meat requires uninterrupted market supply with qualitatively
standardized meat, without excess fat and with high tenderness, which has encouraged …

Several factors can affect lamb body weight (BW) and immune status during the first days of
life, including colostrum source and timing of the first colostrum feeding. The aim of this study …

Fourteen Barbaresca lambs were divided into two groups of seven at 24h from birth and
reared exclusively on natural milk (NR) or on artificial milk (AR). Lambs were slaughtered at …

Influence of pre‐weaning live weight on post‐weaning growth performance was assessed
on thirty‐nine 15‐day‐old Indian native lambs, randomly fed in three equal groups until 180 …

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of weaning age on growth performance,
nutrient digestion and metabolism, and serological indicators, and to obtain an optimal …

The aim of this study was to investigate the BW and immune status of lambs reared under
natural conditions or under artificial conditions fed two different colostrum amounts. In this …

Increasing evidence has indicated the ameliorative effect of milk replacer supplementation
in ruminants for regulating their early growth and rumen development. However, it is still …

Milk source is one of the several factors that can affect lamb body weight (BW) and immune
status before weaning. The aim of this experiment was to evaluate the effect of milk source …

Objective This research evaluated the effects of 2 milk replacer (MR) formulations on lamb
performance, morbidity, mortality, and antibiotic usage and health-associated costs of …

A consequence of increasing litter size in sheep is that a portion of the lambs have to be
reared artificially. Detailed information about the pattern of milk consumption of artificially …