
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Egan, JK 
A1  - McLaughlin, JW 
A1  - Thompson, RL 
A1  - McIntyre, JS 
T1  - The importance of shelter in reducing neonatal lamb deaths
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 1972
VL  - 12
IS  - 58
SP  - 470
EP  - 472
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9720470 
N2  - A flock of Merino ewes was confined in yards to areas of shelter in the field of lambing each night and during periods of inclement weather. A second flock was lambed in the open, but otherwise under identical conditions of management. The experiment was conducted in the spring in south western Victoria, and the mortality of single-born lambs during the period from birth to 48 hours, was reduced from 19.0 per cent to 6.3 per cent by the provision of shelter. It is concluded that the reduction of wind speed plays a major part in reducing lamb losses in intensive lambing systems of this nature. 
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