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SUBMITTER: Clune T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8749747 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clune Thomas T Lockwood Amy A Hancock Serina S Thompson Andrew N AN Beetson Sue S Campbell Angus J D AJD Glanville Elsa E Brookes Daniel D Trengove Colin C O'Handley Ryan R Kearney Gavin G Jacobson Caroline C
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20211221 1
The contribution of abortions to the overall mortality of lambs born to maiden (primiparous) ewes in Australia remains unclear. This cohort study aimed to quantify abortion and lamb mortality for ewe lambs and maiden Merino two-tooth ewes. Lamb mortality from pregnancy scanning to marking were determined for 19 ewe lamb and 11 Merino two-tooth ewe flocks across southern Australia. Average lamb mortality from scanning to marking was 35.8% (range 14.3-71.1%) for the ewe lambs and 29.4% (range 19.7 ...[more]