Field observations on the daily milk intake of Merino lambs in semi-arid tropical Queensland

Abstract

The milk intakes of lambs were measured over 15 hours each day when the ewes grazed indigenous ·pasture, or were fed various rations, at Longreach in central-western Queensland. The results indicated that the milk production of Merino ewes can be influenced by nutrition before and after lambing, and that large variations occur in the Iamb's milk intake, both daily and at different times of the day.