Conference paper
Progress towards improving neonatal lamb survival and reproductive efficiency in Australia
Advances in Animal Biosciences – Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science and the Association of Veterinary Teaching and Research Work. Volume 3, Part 1 (Nottingham, UK, 24/04/2012–25/04/2012)
2012
Abstract
Poor lamb survival is a major cause of reproductive inefficiency in sheep flocks in many countries. Since 2007, the Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation (the Sheep CRC) has had a major project on reproduction efficiency to help industry wean an extra 1 million lambs per year by 2014 from the national flock, the key target being improved neonatal lamb survival. In addition, work is also directed at improving post-weaning survival. This paper provides an overview of the project, its key findings and achievements to date, focussing on neonatal lamb survival.
Details
- Title
- Progress towards improving neonatal lamb survival and reproductive efficiency in Australia
- Authors/Creators
- F. Brien (Author/Creator)G. Hinch (Author/Creator)C. Shands (Author/Creator)A.N. Thompson (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- Advances in Animal Biosciences – Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science and the Association of Veterinary Teaching and Research Work. Volume 3, Part 1 (Nottingham, UK, 24/04/2012–25/04/2012)
- Identifiers
- 991005541359407891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
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