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A note on the management of grazing, non-lactating ewes†

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

R. M. Jordan  and
G. C. Marten
R. M. Jordan
Affiliation:
Dept. of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A
G. C. Marten
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, USDA
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Weaning lambs at 8 to 10 weeks of age is widely practised in the U.S.A. The practice results in the ewes being dry for relatively long periods and affords an opportunity to reduce feed costs during that time. Jordan and Hanke (1964) maintained non-lactating ewes in drylot on 2 to 2·5 lb of legume hay per ewe daily, and Jordan and Marten (1965) doubled the number of ewe grazing days (carrying capacity) by restricting the time the ewes were permitted to graze per week to about 50% of normal. In neither study was subsequent wool or lamb production reduced.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , February 1968 , pp. 121 - 123
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1968

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Paper No. 6290, Scientific Journal Series, Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, St Paul.

References

Jordan, R. M. and Hanke, H. E. 1964. Frequency of feeding, roughage-concentrate ratio for pregnant ewes and summer drylot feeding of non-lactating ewes. J. Anim. Sci. 22: 679–685.Google Scholar
Jordan, R. M. and Marten, G. C. 1965. Effect of grazing management of annual pastures on body weight and subsequent wool and lamb production of non-lactating ewes. J. Anim. Sci. 24: 476–479.Google Scholar