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Brief communication: Ewe ultra-sound pregnancy diagnosis and its use by New Zealand farmers.

Authors
Corner-Thomas, R. A., Kenyon, P. R., Morris, S. T., Ridler, A. L., Hickson, R. E., Greer, Andrew W., Logan, Christopher M., Blair, H. T.
Date
2014-06
Type
Conference Contribution - published
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Department of Agricultural Sciences
Keywords
pregnancy diagnosis, scanning percentage, lambing percentage
Fields of Research
ANZSRC::070206 Animal Reproduction
Abstract
Ultra-sound pregnancy diagnosis can be a valuable management tool for sheep farmers. The benefits include early identification of non-pregnant (dry) ewes which can be culled, freeing up valuable feed for pregnant ewes (Blair 1986) and the identification of single, twin and triplet fetuses, allowing ewes to be fed based on their specific nutritional requirements during pregnancy (Garrick 1998). In addition, selection of lambing paddocks can be made based on the number of fetuses identified (Garrick 1998).
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