Abstract:
Murphy et al. (1996) fed ewes with lupins in the final week of gestation to enhance secretion of colostrum. This strategy applied to ewes in Uruguay should also increase their production of colostrum. Lupins are high in CP and ME but are unavailable in Uruguay. On the basis that it is probably the high ME of lupins that provides the substrates for improved production of colostrum, we argued that maize grain, of similar ME to lupins, would be as effective as lupins.
