Salt-regulated prepartum supplementation and parity effects on maternal performance, wool growth, and lamb development in Merino ewes grazing in semi-arid steppes

The impact of prepartum supplementation using a balanced diet incorporating salt as an intake regulator was assessed on maternal live weight, body condition, wool production, maternal and lamb behavior, and lamb growth up to 50 days of age in multiparous and primiparous Merino ewes under extensive g...

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Main Authors: Cueto, Marcela Isabel, Fernandez, Jimena, Bruno Galarraga, María Macarena, Gibbons, Alejandro Eduardo, Riquelme, Maximiliano, Castillo, Daniel Alejandro, Tesan, Micaela, Schaap, Bárbara, Villar, Maria Laura, Villagra, Edgar Sebastian
Format: info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2025
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/21553
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0377840125000185
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2025.116223

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