Following birth, all preterm lambs were cared for with their mother in our animal quarters and were fed via a nasogastric tube until the introduction of bottle-feeding (5 days of life).

"The lambs on the ewes are on a creep feeder too. "We start feeding the lambs when they're a month to six weeks old. "That's probably the cheapest time to feed a lamb." Mr Feakins says the cattle ...

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Sheep producers with low-quality forage or limited grazing for their flock should look at creep feeding young spring-born lambs, according to experts. Liz Genever, senior Eblex livestock scientist ...

After several hours, the lamb’s gut looses its ability to absorb antibodies. It’s a good idea to have a stomach tube and a large syringe to force-feed very weak lambs. All lambs should be ...

A combination of plunging prices at auction and increasing feed costs means that it is now more lucrative for owners to send them to the abattoir, which will net them £15 per lamb under a ...