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NADIS Knowledge Transfer - Preventing Lamb Losses

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Optimum twin lamb birthweight using a Suffolk or other terminal meat breed sire crossed onto a F1 hybrid female (eg Greyface, or Scottish Halfbred) are:

	3.5 to 4.0 kg
	4.0 to 4.5kg
	4.5 to 5.0 kg
	5.0 to 6.0 kg
	6.0 to 7.0 kg

The treatment of comatose lambs more than 6 hours-old should be which of the following:

	Intraperitoneal injection of 25 mls of 20 per cent glucose solution followed by placing the lamb in a warming box with the thermostat set at 45°C
	Placing the lamb in a warming box with the thermostat set at 45°C.
	Intraperitoneal injection of 25 mls of 20 per cent glucose solution then returning to pen with dam
	Intraperitoneal injection of 25 mls of 20 per cent glucose solution followed by oral antibiotics
	Place the lamb in a warming box with the thermostat set at 45°C followed 30 minutes later by intraperitoneal injection of 25 mls of 20 per cent glucose solution

The umbilicus (navel) must be treated by which of the following regimens:

	Fully immersed in strong veterinary iodine BP within the first 15 minutes of life and repeated at least 2 to 4 hours later
	Fully immersed in strong veterinary iodine BP within the first 24 hours of life
	Sprayed with topical antibiotic within the first 15 minutes of life
	Fully immersed in dairy disinfectant within the first 15 minutes of life and repeated at least 2 to 4 hours later
	A single injection of procaine penicillin at 36 to 48 hours-old

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