Lamb production from animals weaned at 3 to 5 weeks of age on to lucerne

摘要

An experiment designed to test whether lambs weaned as earlv as 3 to 5 weeks of age on to young lucerne could survive and grow is described. The growth of 190 lambs from birth to slaughter at marketable weights is recorded; 60 of the lambs comprised an early-weaned group, and the remainder were reared on the ewe.