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Studies of the Skeleton of the Sheep

IX. A further study of the mineralization of the skeleton of breeding ewes on two Scottish hill farms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

E. Cresswell ,
D. Benzie  and
A. W. Boyne
E. Cresswell
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
D. Benzie
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
A. W. Boyne
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
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1. After synchronization of oestrus by treatment with progesterone before tupping small groups of ewes were slaughtered at approximately monthly intervals from 5 weeks post-conception to around 3 months post-weaning on two widely differing Scottish hill farms. A few barren ewes were also slaughtered.

2. Ash analysis of the 3rd, 4th and 5th cervical vertebrae of the breeding ewes indicated that there was a striking similarity between the flocks in the mean percentage ash values of these bones and also in the decline in these values which occurred between early gestation and 12 weeks after lambing.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 63 , Issue 3 , November 1964 , pp. 387 - 391
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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