Colostrum studies could help medicine cutbacks

摘要

Sheep sector efforts to reduce antibiotics use hinge on the absorption of quality colostrum at lambing time. Michael Priestley reports on research that is improving ewe rationing and management.Trials are comparing two lamb blood tests in a bid to reduce antibiotics use on farms through optimising ewe nutrition and health.A series of farm studies has compared refractometer tests and zinc turbidity tests (ZSTs) for measuring protein levels in newborn lamb blood samples.