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Pre-lambing nutrition offers long-term gains

A focus on ewe nutrition during the last six to eight weeks of pregnancy can help produce healthy lambs and maintain ewe health, says Bryn Hughes, of Wynnstay

Ellie Layton
Livestock Specialist
clock 鈥� 5 min read
Pre-lambing nutrition offers long-term gains

Around 50% of all lambing losses occur within the first 48 hours after birth, with AHDB estimating the cost to be around 拢25 for every lamb lost. Causes range from stillbirth to mismothering to small,...

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