Resumen de Selected highlights from other journals: Effect of pasture allowance during pregnancy on ewe-lamb interactions
A. Freitas-de-Melo, R. Ungerfeld, Maria José Hötzel, M. J. Abud, A. Álvarez, A. Orihuela, J. P. Damián, R. Pérez Clariget
IT has been suggested that undernutrition of ewes during pregnancy results in lighter lambs that take longer to stand up and suckle less frequently than well-nourished animals. Such ewes also spend less time licking their lambs and therefore form a poorer attachment to them compared to well-nourished ewes. This study investigated whether the level of pasture allowance from before conception until late pregnancy affects ewe-lamb behaviours at birth, and if those behaviours differ according to the sex of the lambs....
