Enhancing the Survival of Newborn Lambs

Please select one answer from the list for each question.

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

	greater than 7.0 kg
	6.0 to 7.0 kg;
	5.0 to 6.0 kg;
	less than 4.0kg

The newborn lamb must ingest what volume of colostrum within the first 2 hours?

	10 mls/kg
	20 mls/kg
	30 mls/kg
	50 mls/kg

Treatment of comatose lambs less than 6 hours-old should be:

	placed in a warming box with the thermostat set at 45 degrees C.
	stomach-tubed immediately with colostrum at a rate of 50 mls/kg
	given an intraperitoneal injection of 25 mls of 20 per cent glucose solution then placed in a warming box
	stomach-tubed immediately with dextrose at a rate of 50 mls/kg

Lambs in heat boxes should be carefully supervised. The recovery of hypothermic and hypoglycaemic lambs takes about:

	5 to 10 minutes
	30 to 60 minutes
	1 to 2 hours
	2 to 4 hours

For intraperitoneal injection:

	the lamb is suspended vertically by the front legs.
	the lamb is suspended vertically by the hind legs.
	the lamb is laid on its back
	the lamb is laid on its right side

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