The neonatal period accounts for most lamb losses on farms where toxo and campy vaccinations are used. Docking numbers can provide very valuable information about areas of loss on your property. It is a very good exercise to work out lamb wastage from scanning to...
Lamb loss is a major source of wastage in the NZ sheep industry. About 17% of lambs (foetuses) present at scanning don’t make it to docking (average). The majority of these are lost in the perinatal period (around birth). The main drivers of lamb losses under our...
