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Supplementation of Scottish Blackface Gimmers During Mating and Mid-pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

A Waterhouse  and
T H McClelland
A Waterhouse
Affiliation:
West of Scotland Agricultural College, Animal Production Department, Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
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Lamb output in terms of both reproductive performance and lamb growth during lactationof hill gimmers (18 months old at first mating) is typically well below that of their multiparous contemporaries. This paper reports an attempt to evaluate the effects of supplementary feeding during the mating period and mid-pregnancy on gimmer performance.

Three hundred and ninety three Scottish Blackface gimmers from two hirsels (flocks of sheep from contiguous areas of land) of Auchtertyre Farm in west Perthshire were split according to the following design.

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Sheep Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1987 , March 1987 , pp. 40
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1987

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