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The interactive effects of maternal nutrition and subsequent grazing on bioactive forage on lamb performance and parasitic status

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

A. Kidane ,
S. Athanasiadou ,
J.G.M. Houdijk ,
B.J. Tolkamp  and
I. Kyriazakis
A. Kidane*
Affiliation:
Animal Nutriition and Team, SAC, Edinburgh, EH9 9JG, United Kingdom
S. Athanasiadou
Affiliation:
Animal Nutriition and Team, SAC, Edinburgh, EH9 9JG, United Kingdom
J.G.M. Houdijk
Affiliation:
Animal Nutriition and Team, SAC, Edinburgh, EH9 9JG, United Kingdom
B.J. Tolkamp
Affiliation:
Animal Nutriition and Team, SAC, Edinburgh, EH9 9JG, United Kingdom
I. Kyriazakis
Affiliation:
Animal Nutriition and Team, SAC, Edinburgh, EH9 9JG, United Kingdom University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece
*
Email:alemayehu.kidane@sac.ac.uk
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Metabolizable protein (MP) supplementation can reduce faecal egg count (FEC) in periparturient ewes, thus reducing pasture contamination for their lambs (Houdijk et al. 2006). In addition, lambs grazing on bioactive forage (chicory) had lower FEC than lambs grazing grass/clover (Athanasiadou et al. 2007). Both periparturient MP nutrition and grazing on chicory increase lamb performance but these approaches have been developed and investigated independently. The objective of this experiment was to assess their interactive effects on lamb parasitic status and performance. It was hypothesised that, although beneficial effects of maternal nutrition will be augmented with subsequent grazing on bioactive forage, the magnitude of the latter effect will be higher for lambs from unsupplemented ewes.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2008 , 2008 , pp. 97
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2008

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