Ewes giving birth to female lambs produce more milk than ewes giving birth to male lambs
A total number of 23,271 parturitions were studied from two sheep farms of the Churra (CH) and Lacaune (LA) breeds. CH lambs were kept with their mothers during the first 30 days of age; from that moment onwards, ewes were machine-milked. LA lambs were not allowed to suckle their mothers, and ewes w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2018-07-01
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| Series: | Italian Journal of Animal Science |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2017.1415705 |