@article {3672,
	title = {Impact of the proximity of the water source on survival and growth of triplet lambs {\textendash} a case study},
	journal = {New Zealand Journal of Animal Science and Production},
	volume = {80},
	year = {2020},
	month = {09/2020},
	pages = {45-50},
	address = {Online},
	abstract = {The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the provision of greater access to watering sites two weeks prior to lambing
and at least one week after lambing impacts lamb survival and growth to weaning, using triplets as a model. Triplet-bearing ewes
(n=206, 116-131 days gestation) were randomly allocated to either the control (one water trough/paddock) or treatment group (2-3
water troughs/paddock) balanced for ewe live weight, body condition score and stage of gestation, at a stocking density of 8.6-9.1
ewes/ha with three replicated paddocks/treatment. Lamb survival was determined via DNA parentage and lamb growth recorded
at docking, weaning and at six months of age. Lamb survival (60 vs 62\%, P=0.690) and lamb growth (P=0.452) did not differ
between the treatment and control groups. The key finding of this study was that increasing the availability of a water supply to
triplet-bearing ewes in late pregnancy and early lactation did not influence lamb survival or growth.

Keywords: sheep; triplets; water; lamb survival},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {McCoard S and Wing J and Smith T and Hea S-Y}
}
@conference {3672,
	title = {BRIEF COMMUNICATION: Relationship between measures of residual energy intake made on growing animals and adults},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {77},
	year = {2017},
	month = {06/2017},
	pages = {85-87},
	address = {Rotorua},
	abstract = {In New Zealand pasture-based sheep systems, young replacement ewe lambs and those lambs to be finished for slaughter, are often preferentially fed through summer, with ewes which have just weaned their lambs given secondary priority through until their pre-mating period.  This is particularly the case in hill-country environments, in which an increasing proportion of the New Zealand ewe flock is farmed.  Feed efficiency, defined as residual energy intake (REI), is a measure of whether or not an animal is eating more or less than expected for its live weight and growth rate.  Of interest is whether or not animals described as efficient, or inefficient during their young growth phase, when on high-quality diets, continue to be so as an adult grazing sub-optimal feed during summer periods.   There is limited comparable literature in sheep.  The general finding of the beef cattle work is that the young and adult measures of REI are moderately phenotypically correlated and very highly genetically correlated, although in the most comprehensive study both the young and adults were fed the same medium-quality feed (Archer et al. 2002).    In dairy cattle work, they have also found that calves divergent for REI  during growth are also divergent for REI when lactating, although the size of the divergence was reduced (McDonald et al.  2014)...},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {PL Johnson and Wing J and Knowler K}
}
