scholarly journals Associations among Mammary Ultrasound Measurements, Milk Yield of Non-Dairy Ewe Lambs and the Growth of Their Single Lambs

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2052
Author(s):  
Emmanuelle Haslin ◽  
Rene A. Corner-Thomas ◽  
Paul R. Kenyon ◽  
Sam W. Peterson ◽  
Stephen T. Morris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Milk Yield ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Ultrasound Technique ◽  
Dairy Ewes ◽  
Ewe Lambs ◽  
Ultrasound Measurements ◽  
One Year ◽  
Pregnant Ewe ◽  
Lamb Growth

Mammary cistern size was positively correlated with milk yield of mature dairy ewes, but the association in ewe lambs is unknown. This experiment aimed to examine the associations between mammary ultrasound measurements and the milk yield of ewe lambs at one year of age and to determine the accuracy of using maternal mammary ultrasound to predict single lamb growth rates. Single-bearing ewe lambs (n = 45) were randomly selected and 30 were milked once at weeks three (W3), five (W5), and seven (W7) of lactation. Mammary ultrasound scans were performed at day 110 of pregnancy, W3, W5, W7, and weaning (L69). Single lambs (n = 30) were weighed at birth and at each mammary scanning event. Udder measurements explained 26.8%, 21.4%, and 38.4% of the variation in milk yield at W3, W5 and W7, respectively, and 63.5% and 36.4% of the variation in single lamb growth to W3 and to L69. This ultrasound technique was more accurate in predicting single lamb growth to W3 than milk yield and may enable the identification of pregnant ewe lambs whose progeny would have greater growth rates. More research is needed to identify accurate indicators of superior milk yield and determine whether ultrasound could be used to select ewe lambs.

scholarly journals Ewe reproductive performance and growth rate of suckling-lambs on endophyte-infected perennial ryegrass pasture

1999 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
R.H. Watson ◽  
R.G. Keogh ◽  
M.F. Mcdonald
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Perennial Ryegrass ◽  
Reproductive Performance ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Ovulation Rate ◽  
Grazing Management ◽  
One Year ◽  
Lamb Growth

Two groups (n=39) of Romney breeding ewes were maintained under the same grazing management on either endophyte-infected (E+) or endophytefree (E-) perennial ryegrass pasture for two years (1997-1998) following a one-year equilibration period. The ewes were naturally mated in March each year and ovulation rate at 1st mating was measured, and conception and the number of lambs born and weaned were recorded. All ewes were weighed monthly and lamb growth rates were determined between birth and weaning. Mean mating date was delayed by 1.8 days (P

scholarly journals The effect of the age аt conceiving on the productivity traits at dairy ewes in Bulgaria

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 1147-1156
Author(s):  
E. Raicheva ◽  
T. Ivanova
Keyword(s):  
Milk Production ◽  
Milk Yield ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Milk Composition ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
Dairy Ewes ◽  
Ewe Lambs ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Synthetic Population

The aim of the research was to study the effect of the age at conceiving on the productivity traits of sheep from Synthetic population Bulgarian milk in Bulgaria. The experiment was conducted with 20 ewes traditionally conceived at the age of 18 months and 20 ewes conceived as ewe lambs at the age of 11 months on first lactation and their lambs (47) reared in IAS - Kostinbrod, Bulgaria. The 120 days milking milk production and that after 120 days until the end of lactation were determined by the AC method of ICAR. The days after the standard period until the end of lactation were registered. The milk composition was measured by milk analyzer Ekomilk, Bultech Company, Bulgaria. The live weighs were measured. The fecundity was determined. With the exception of the fecundity and the standard 120 days milking milk production the age at conceiving influences significantly the live weigh before conceiving, birth live weight of lambs, the duration of the milking period and the milking milk yield (P<0.01; P<0.001). The traditionally conceived ewes had significantly higher live weight before conceiving (52.31 kg), of newborn lambs (5.05 kg), the duration of milking period (187 days) and milking milk yield (130 L) than the early conceived (40.53 kg; 4.16 kg; 120 days; 80.24 L) (P<0.01; P<0.001). For the fecundity and the standard 120 days milking milk production no significant differences were found between the groups (1.08% and 1.25%; 92.27 L and 80.24 L). Significant difference in the milk composition of the ewes conceived at 18 month age compared to the conceived at the age of 11 months (P<0.05; P<0.001) was found. The obtained results provide useful information for the implementation of suitable management decisions for early conceiving of the ewes from Synthetic population Bulgarian milk for production of lambs and milk at the farm practice.

The effect of herbage allowance on herbage intake and performance of ewes and their twin lambs grazing perennial ryegrass

1978 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Gibb ◽  
T. T. Treacher
Keyword(s):  
Milk Yield ◽  
Perennial Ryegrass ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Weight Change ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Linear Effect ◽  
Herbage Intake ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Lamb Growth ◽  
Positive Effect

SUMMARYThe effect of herbage allowance on the intake and performance of Scottish Half bred ewes with twin lambs was investigated over the first 16 weeks of lactation. Herbage allowances were defined as g herbage D.M./kg live weight (LW)/day, and were maintained by provision of fresh areas of ungrazed sward each day.Herbage allowances in the range 25–120 g D.M./kg LW/day were offered on an area of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne cv. S. 23). Parturition was synchronized and ewes and lambs were turned out to pasture 1 day after lambing.Measurements were made of the herbage intake, live-weight change and milk yield of ewes, of lamb growth rates and of the herbage intake of lambs from 10 weeks of age.Herbage allowance had a significant linear effect on intakes of grass by ewes and lambs. The highest intakes by the ewes were achieved during the second week, and were in the range 23–43 g OM/kg LW/day. Intakes declined, as lactation proceeded, to 19–29 g OM/kg LW/day at week 12. Intakes of lambs were similar in weeks 10 and 12 and were in the range 17–24 g OM/kg LW/day. Allowance had a significant effect on live-weight change of the ewes after the first month and upon final body condition.There was no effect of allowance on milk yield until week 6. Mean milk yields were 2·3 kg/day at day 14, 1·0–1·5 kg/day at day 42 and 0·7–1·1 kg/day at day 84. There was a positive effect of allowance on growth rates of the lambs after the first month. Mean overall growth rates to 84 days of age were 175–243 g/day.

Effects of postpartum Trypanosoma vivax infection on feed intake, livevveight changes, milk yield and composition in West African Dwarf ewes and associated lamb growth rates

1994 ◽  
Vol 123 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. O. Akinbamijo ◽  
L. Reynolds ◽  
J. Sherington ◽  
I. V. Nsahlai
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Milk Yield ◽  
Feed Intake ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
West African ◽  
Early Lactation ◽  
West African Dwarf ◽  
Lamb Growth ◽  
Daily Milk

SUMMARYThe effects of trypanosomiasis on digestible organic matter intake, milk yield and composition, dam liveweight changes during lactation and lamb growth rates were investigated at Ibadan, Nigeria 1991/92, using 20 West African Dwarf sheep nursing single lambs. Although digestibility coefficients were neither affected by infection nor by level of feed intake, organic matter intake during early and late lactation was significantly lower in infected dams. Nitrogen retained in late lactation was lower in infected animals due to reduced feed intake. Mean daily milk yields were not affected by the infection during early lactation; however, during the second half of lactation, average daily milk yields were significantly lower in infected animals than in uninfected controls. Variations in milk component concentrations between experimental groups did not attain statistical significance throughout lactation. While control ewes on a high plane of nutrition (CH) gained 12·1 g/day, infected ewes (IH) and uninfected control ewes on a medium plane of nutrition (CM) lost 45 and 5·4 g/day respectively during lactation. Liveweight gain in the lambs was not affected by infection in the dams.This study demonstrated reduction in feed intake, late lactation milk yield and dam liveweight gain with no adverse effect on digestibility coefficients, milk composition, early lactation milk yield and lamb weight gain during T. vivaxinfection of lactating ewes.

scholarly journals Effects of Increased Growth Rates Prior to the First Breeding as Ewe Lambs and Pregnancy Rank on Mammary Glands of Two-Year-Old Ewes

Ruminants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-86
Author(s):  
Emmanuelle Haslin ◽  
Rene A. Corner-Thomas ◽  
Paul R. Kenyon ◽  
Stephen T. Morris ◽  
Hugh T. Blair
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rates ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Mammary Glands ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Ewe Lambs ◽  
Birth Rank ◽  
Carry Over ◽  
Lamb Growth ◽  
Heavy Group

This study investigated potential carry-over effects of increased growth rates prior to breeding at seven months of age on mammary glands of two-year-old ewes bearing one or two lambs, and examined the association between ewe mammary structures and the growth of their progeny. Ewe live weight and mammary ultrasound measures were recorded at 119 days of pregnancy, 29 days of lactation (L29), and weaning of the progeny (L79) in 64 two-year-old ewes selected from two treatments. The heavy group (n = 32) was preferentially fed prior to their first breeding at seven months of age, achieving an average live weight of 47.9 ± 0.38 kg. The control group (n = 32) weighed an average of 44.9 ± 0.49 kg at breeding. Lambs (n = 74) were weighed at birth, L29 and L79. Udder ultrasound measures did not differ (p > 0.10) between treatments, indicating no carry-over effects of treatments on mammary glands of two-year-old ewes. The association between ultrasound measures and lamb growth seemed to differ depending on lamb birth rank. More research is needed to further investigate these associations and determine whether ultrasonography could be used to identify ewes whose progeny would have greater growth rates based on birth rank.

Passively-acquired antibodies to somatotropin release inhibiting factor (SRIF) increase appetite and growth of milk-fed lambs

1994 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 293
Author(s):  
SL Westbrook ◽  
AM Ali ◽  
GH McDowell
Keyword(s):  
Milk Yield ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Inhibiting Factor

Lambs of ewes immunized during pregnancy against somatotropin release inhibiting factor and of corresponding control ewes were separated from their dams at birth before sucking and fed artificially, for 5 weeks, milk harvested mechanically from the ewes. Seven lambs from immunized ewes and six from control ewes were fed colostrum on the day of birth, and thereafter, milli from immunized ewes. A further six lambs from immunized ewes and seven lambs from control ewes were fed colostrum and milk from control ewes. Lambs fed colostrum then milk from immunized ewes, irrespective of whether their dams had been immunized, consumed more milk and attained higher growth rates, particularly during the period from 2 to 5 weeks after birth than lambs fed colostrum and milk from control ewes. Immunized ewes showed evidence for the capacity to produce more milk at improved efficiency of foodutilization than control ewes. It is concluded that passively acquired antibodies to somatotropin release inhibiting factor increased appetite and this, together with increased milk yield of immunized ewes, would support increased growth of lambs from immunized ewes.

scholarly journals ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON NEPENTHES AT BARITO ULU, CENTRAL KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mansur
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Stem Length ◽  
Ecological Studies ◽  
Central Kalimantan ◽  
Length Growth ◽  
Small Plot ◽  
Heath Forest ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

Ecological studies on the Nepenthes species at Barito Ulu, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia were conducted between August 2005 and September 2006. Surveys and two small plot inventories were used to determine the diversity and population of Nepenthes at the study site. We found eight Nepenthes species around the BaritoUlu study area: N. albomarginata, N. ampullaria, N. gracilis, N. hirsuta, N. rafflesiana, N. reinwardtiana, N. stenophylla, and N. hispida. Plot A was dominated by N. rafflesiana with one other species found; whilst in plot B we found five species but it was also dominated by N. rafflesiana. In plot A, the one year stem length growth rate of N. albomarginata was faster than N. rafflesiana (5.0 and 3.5 cm respectively). While in plot B, N. gracilis (21.7 cm) and N. reinwardtiana (13.1 cm) showed faster growth rates than N. albomarginata (5.2 cm), N. rafflesiana (7.0 cm) and N. stenophylla (8.5 cm). Generally, the habitat of Nepenthes in the study site is heath forest.

scholarly journals Feeding levels during the growing phase affect the production of primiparous Finnish Landrace ewes

2000 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. SORMUNEN-CRISTIAN ◽  
L. JAUHIAINEN
Keyword(s):  
Live Weight ◽  
Ewe Lambs ◽  
One Year

The effect of different feeding levels on the performance of primiparous ewes was studied in 31 Finnish Landrace ewes bred to lamb at the age of one year. Ewe lambs, initially weighing on average 19.2 kg (SEM 0.63), were placed on a low (L), standard (S) or high (H) level of feeding from 2 months of age to the end of mating and from 2 months pre-partum to the end of 8-week lactation. Changes in live weight were affected by the diet. During rearing, the ewe lambs on L diet gained significantly less (18.0 vs. 24.1 kg/lamb, P

scholarly journals Optimising grazing for livestock production and environmental benefits in Chinese grasslands

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Warwick B. Badgery ◽  
David Kemp ◽  
Zhang Yingjun ◽  
Wang Zhongwu ◽  
Han Guodong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Alpine Meadow ◽  
Livestock Production ◽  
Desert Steppe ◽  
Stocking Rate ◽  
Typical Steppe ◽  
Artemisia Frigida ◽  
Stocking Rates ◽  
Lamb Growth

Overgrazing has extensively degraded Chinese grasslands. A reduction in stocking rate of 30–50% below the district averages is required to increase the profitability of livestock production and protect vital ecosystem services such as mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHG). Grazing experiments located in the desert steppe, typical steppe and alpine meadow verified the influence of stocking rate and grazing management on livestock production, grassland composition and associated ecosystem services. The desert steppe experiment found lower stocking rates of ~150 SE (where SE is sheep equivalent, which is a 50kg animal) grazing days ha–1 (1 SE ha–1 over 150 days) enhanced botanical composition, maintained profitable lamb growth rates and reduced GHG emissions intensity. The typical steppe experiment found moderate grazing pressure of ~400 SE grazing days ha–1 (4 SE ha–1 over 100 days) maintained higher lamb growth rates, an average herbage mass &gt;0.5t DM ha–1 that maintained the content of Leymus chinensis above 70% and Artemisia frigida below 10% of the grassland and had the highest level of net carbon sequestration. In the alpine meadow experiment the district average stocking rate of ~16 SE ha–1 (1440 SE grazing days ha–1 over 90 days) was not too high, but extending grazing into the non-growing season had no benefit. The findings of these experiments highlight that many of the benefits to ecosystem services can be achieved with reduced stocking rates which also generate profitable levels of livestock production. In both the desert and typical steppe experiments, the results were optimal when the stocking rates were adjusted to maintain average herbage mass over summer above ~0.5t DM ha–1, whereas herbage mass was higher with the local, conservative stocking rates in the alpine meadow.

Lactation performance of goats and growth rates of kids under different milking and rearing methods in Kenya

1988 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Ruvuna ◽  
T. C. Cartwright ◽  
H. Blackburn ◽  
M. Okeyo ◽  
S. Chema
Keyword(s):  
Milk Yield ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Yield Potential ◽  
Lactation Performance ◽  
East African ◽  
Dual Purpose ◽  
Total Milk ◽  
Rearing Methods ◽  
Least Squares Techniques

AbstractTwo experiments were conducted to test different milking procedures for dual-purpose goats that would be suitable for smallholder farmers. In experiment 1, 105 East African and Galla does that kidded to singles were randomly assigned to three treatments: (a) milking in absence of kid and kid sucking residual; (b) milking in presence of kid and kid sucking residual; and (c) milking once a week and kid sucking all milk 6 days of the week. In experiment 2, 45 Galla does that kidded to singles were randomly assigned to three treatments: (a) weigh-suckle-weigh; (b) milking half udder while kid sucking other half and (c) kid sucking all milk in the evening and milking mornings. Measurements of milk yield, milk sucked and weights of kids were taken for 12 weeks of lactation.Results were analysed using least-squares techniques for unequal subclass numbers. Milking in the presence of kids increased does' milk yield. This increase was attributed to the stimulation of milk let-down by the presence of kids. Although this method potentially provided most milk for dairy use, less residual milk was left to sustain growth of kids. Estimates of total milk yield by milking once a week underestimated milk yield potential of the East African and Galla breeds. Results indicated an appropriate method for estimating milk potential should combine both milked and sucked milk measurements. Restricting milk available to the kids reduced their growth rates and thus indirectly affected their maturing rates. No milking procedure proved to be superior all-around for the smallholder for milking goats. To resolve this dilemma, use of an optimizing technique including socio-economic weighting of milk for family use relative to milk for kids was proposed.

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