Document Type

Other

Publication Date

10-1-2000

Keywords

lamb stress, reduction, new-born lambs

Extension Number

ExEx 2027

Department

Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Description

More than 80 percent of lamb death occurs in the first 2 to 3 days of age. Generally, starvation, hypothermia (lowered body core temperature), and scours account for these baby lamb losses. It’s essential for a newborn lamb to consume adequate colostrum -- 2 to 3 ounces per pound of body weight -- during its first 24 hours of life. Ewe colostrum is preferred, yet cow and goat colostrum can be substituted. Colostrum provides energy, protein, minerals, vitamins, water, and important antibody properties.

Comments

October 2000.

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