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Liveweight losses in store lambs during transit between the Island of Lewis and the mainland of Scotland and analysis of associated factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

S. Kerr ,
G. Burgess ,
P. R. English ,
J. Williamson ,
P. R. Bampton ,
O. MacPherson  and
D. Overton
S. Kerr
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
G. Burgess
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
P. R. English
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
J. Williamson
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
P. R. Bampton
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
O. MacPherson
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
D. Overton
Affiliation:
Highlands and Islands Livestock Ltd., Bridgend Estate, Dingwall, Ross-shire
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Lewis Livestock Ltd., in liaison with Highlands and Islands Livestock Ltd., has initiated a cooperative marketing scheme involving the sale of store lambs from crofts in the Western Isles to finishing farms on the British mainland. The crofter-producers’ revenue depends on the sale price to finishers which is based primarily on liveweight recorded at the Island Collection Centres. Management problems have arisen due to losses in liveweight between weighing in the Islands and off-loading and weighing on mainland farms (time interval ranges from 14 to 26 hours) since finishers feel that they are being charged excessively for the weight of lamb as delivered to their farms. A study was undertaken to quantify the extent of this weight loss and try to identify predisposing causes.

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Sheep Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1987 , March 1987 , pp. 84
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1987

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