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

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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 £25 for every lamb lost. Causes range from stillbirth to mismothering to small,...

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