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The effect of being housed with adult female flock-mates on the age at puberty of autumn-born ewe-lambs.
Veterinary research communications - 1 Jun 2022
Abecia José-Alfonso, Barrio Antonio, Ruiz José-Antonio
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Twenty-five ewe-lambs born in November were used to measure the effect of the presence of cyclic or non-cyclic adult ewes on the age at first fertile estrus. Lambs were weaned at 45 days of age and kept in a single flock until 3 Mar (4 months old), when they were assigned to one of the following three groups: Group CE (n = 8), housed with six cyclic adult ewes; Group NCE (n = 8), housed with three non-cyclic...
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