Invited review: Improving neonatal survival in small ruminants: science into practice

Neonatal mortality in small ruminant livestock has remained stubbornly unchanging over the past 40 years, and represents a significant loss of farm income, contributes to wastage and affects animal welfare. Scientific knowledge about the biology of neonatal adaptation after birth has been accumulati...

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Main Authors: C.M. Dwyer, J. Conington, F. Corbiere, I.H. Holmøy, K. Muri, R. Nowak, J. Rooke, J. Vipond, J.-M. Gautier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731115001974