Milk substitute intake of artificially reared lambs during the first days of life as affected by time of removal from the dam and frequency of feeding

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SUMMARY Forty-eight Suffolk × Clun lambs were used in an experiment to investigate the effects of two times of removal from the dam and two feeding frequencies upon milk intake over the first 4 days on an artificial rearing system. Lambs removed at birth consumed significantly more milk replacer at feeding periods up to 32 hr after removal than lambs removed at 24 hr after birth. Removal at birth also significantly increased voluntary milk intake between feeding periods for up to 32 hr and from 64 to 80 hr after removal. Feeding the lambs during a 16-hr period in a 4, 4, 8 hr sequence instead of 8, 8 hr intervals significantly improved milk intake at feeding periods.

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