Supplementation of Corriedale ewes with maize during the last week of pregnancy increases production of colostrum

dc.contributor	Banchero, GE
dc.contributor	Quintans, G
dc.contributor	Milton, JTB
dc.contributor	Lindsay, DR
dc.date.accessioned	2012-01-25T12:32:21Z
dc.date.available	2012-01-25T12:32:21Z
dc.date.issued	2002
dc.identifier.citation	Proc. Aust. Soc. Anim. Prod. (2002) 24: 273
dc.identifier.uri	http://livestocklibrary.com.au/handle/1234/9063
dc.description.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.
dc.publisher	ASAP
dc.source.uri	http://www.asap.asn.au/livestocklibrary/2002/banchero1C.pdf
dc.subject	colostrum yield
dc.title	Supplementation of Corriedale ewes with maize during the last week of pregnancy increases production of colostrum
dc.type	Research
dc.identifier.volume	24
dc.identifier.page	273