Relationships between ewe body condition score, production traits and nutrition, on organic sheep farms
Sheep have different nutritional requirements over the production cycle depending, on their life stage. Needs for energy are high at the end of gestation (especially for ewes carrying multiple lambs) and at the beginning of lactation. Ewe body condition score (BCS), production traits and feeding wer...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Estonian Academic Agricultural Society
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Agraarteadus |
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http://agrt.emu.ee/pdf/2013_2_piirsalu.pdf
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