Effect of flushing on reproductive performance of ewes
- 1 December 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science
- Vol. 67 (3), 305-323
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021859600017317
Abstract
Eight flushing experiments were conducted with grazing sheep over a 4-year period, the responses being measured at lambing. In the first 2 years mobs of 600-750 ewes were employed. Those experiments were designed to separate, identify and measure the two components postulated as comprising the flushing response—a static live-weight effect not specifically related in time to the mating period, and a dynamic effect of the rising or falling body condition which is specific to the mating period.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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