Supplementary feeding to improve Desert sheep productivity under dryland farming

Abstract

Supplementary feeding of Desert ewes at mating time or for 45 days pre-lambing, or both combined, increased lambing and twinning, gave heavier lambs and gave farmers a greater monetary return. The best return was with the two supplements combined. Supplementing the diet of weaned lambs for four months gave increased growth, advanced puberty, and gave higher conception and lambing rates. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd