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The use of biochemical parameters in controlling nutritional state in pregnant ewes, and the effect of undernourishment during pregnancy on lamb birth-weight

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

A. J. F. Russel ,
J. M. Doney  and
R. L. Reid
A. J. F. Russel
Affiliation:
Hill Farming Research Organisation, Edinburgh
J. M. Doney
Affiliation:
Hill Farming Research Organisation, Edinburgh
R. L. Reid
Affiliation:
Hill Farming Research Organisation, Edinburgh
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1. Fifty-one Scottish Blackface ewes were divided into three groups and individually fed throughout the latter half of pregnancy: (I) in excess of nutrient requirements, (II) to produce a uniformly moderate degree of undernourishment during the last 6 weeks of pregnancy, and (III) to produce a uniformly severe degree of undernourishment during the last 6 weeks of pregnancy,

2. The prescribed levels of undernourishment were maintained by weekly adjustments of feed intake based on plasma FFA levels (group II) and plasma ketone levels (group III). The use of the technique is discussed.

3. Undernourishment during the latter half of pregnancy reduced birth weights of single and twin lambs after adjustment for weight of the dams to the same extent. In the moderately undernourished ewes the reduction was approximately 10%, and, in the severely undernourished ewes, approximately 25%.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 68 , Issue 3 , June 1967 , pp. 351 - 358
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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