Document Type
Report
Report Number
SHEEP 85-15
Publication Date
1985
Summary
The ability to program the time of birth for our livestock species offers several advantages to the producer. By concentrating lambing into a short defined period or periods it allows better utilization of labor and facilities. In addition, it should increase lamb survival since better supervision can be maintained for these specific periods. Furthermore, lambs are grouped more closely by age and can be more uniformly managed in such groups. Two trials (1983-84 and 1984-85) were conducted to study the effectiveness to prostaglandin F2α to synchronize estrus and flumethasone to induce parturition in a planned lambing program.
Number of Pages
7
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
Copyright © 1985 South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Slyter, A. L. and Hoppe, K. F., "Control of Lambing Through Synchronization of Estrus and Induction of Parturition" (1985). South Dakota Sheep Field Day Proceedings and Research Reports, 1985. 15.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/sd_sheepday_1985/15